Cheonmin
Sign in to save'''''Ch'ŏnmin''''' (), 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.
Key facts
- Korean name/auto.hangul
- 천민
- Korean name/auto.hanja
- 賤民
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- culture
- culture of Korea
- next higher rank
- Sangmin
- native label
- 천민
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- Social class system
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'''''Ch'ŏnmin''''' (), 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.
==Social class system==
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