How to say coffin in Korean

Korean: [ gwan ]

coffin
coffin

Meaning

관 means a coffin, the box that holds a dead person before burial or cremation. You usually hear this word in funeral or family situations, so it is not common in daily conversation. It is often used with words about funerals, such as carrying, opening, or closing the coffin.

Example sentences

  1. 가족들이 관 앞에 서 있었어요.

    The family stood in front of the coffin.

  2. 사람들은 관을 함께 들었어요.

    People carried the coffin together.

  3. 장례식장에 관이 있어요.

    There is a coffin at the funeral hall.

  4. 그들은 관을 조용히 바라봤어요.

    He looked at the coffin quietly.