Ch'ŏnmin

Ch'ŏnmin
Hangul
천민
Hanja
賤民
RRcheonmin
MRch'ŏnmin
IPA[tɕʰʌnmin]

Ch'ŏnmin (Korean: 천민; Hanja: 賤民), or "vulgar commoners", were the lowest caste of commoners in dynastical Korea. They abounded during the Goryeo (918–1392) and Joseon (1392–1897) periods of Korea's agrarian bureaucracy.

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