팔촌

Sino-Korean word from 八 (“eight”) + 寸 (“degree of kinship”). A degree of kinship is the relationship between a parent and a child; see more at 촌 (chon). In Korean culture, this is the least related person who is still considered a relative who cannot be married.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰa̠ːʎt͡ɕʰo̞n]
• Phonetic hangeul: [팔ː촌]

팔촌 • (palchon) (hanja 八寸)

1. third cousin (male or female)
2. second cousin twice removed (male or female)

• 삼촌 (samchon, “uncle”)
• 사촌 (sachon, “first cousin”)
• 오촌 (ochon, “first cousin once removed”)
• 육촌 (yukchon, “second cousin”)
• 칠촌 (chilchon, “second cousin once removed”)