Global InformationYeonggam information
| Yeonggam | |
| Hangul | 영감 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 令監 |
| Revised Romanization | Yeonggam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏnggam |
Yeonggam or Younggam (Korean: 영감; Hanja: 令監) is a nickname or Korean honorific for an old man[1] in Korea. Yeonggam was historically an honorific title for second-level and third-level civil servants;[2] Vice-Ministers, or Assistant Secretaries[3] of Goryeo and Joseon.
Over time the word became an honorific or nickname for a judge, county governor,[4] head of a township[5] or old man.[4] In recent years, yeonggam has come to be used primarily as a nickname for elderly men.[6] Yeonggam has been used in Korea for more than a thousand years.
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