# 감수
## Korean
### Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 甘受 (“to willingly suffer”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ka̠msʰu]
* Phonetic hangul: [감수]

#### Noun

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 甘受)
* putting up with, enduring

##### Derived terms

* 감수(甘受)되다 (gamsudoeda)
* 감수(甘受)하다 (gamsuhada)

### Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 監修 (“editorial supervision”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ka̠msʰu]
* Phonetic hangul: [감수]

#### Noun

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 監修)
* editorial supervision

##### Derived terms

* 감수(監修)하다 (gamsuhada)
* 감수자(監修者) (gamsuja)

### Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 感受.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ˈka̠(ː)msʰu]
* Phonetic hangul: [감(ː)수]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 感受)
* (psychology) sensation; sensory reception
* (Buddhism, philosophy) vedanā (sensation in Buddhist thought)
    Synonym: 수(受) (su)

##### Derived terms

* 감수(感受)되다 (gamsudoeda)
* 감수(感受)하다 (gamsuhada)
* 감수성(感受性) (gamsuseong)

### Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 甘 (“sweet”) + 水 (“water”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ka̠msʰu]
* Phonetic hangul: [감수]

#### Noun

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 甘水)
* sweet water
    Synonym: 단물 (danmul)
* (figurative) something sweet and desirable

### Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 監守.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ka̠msʰu]
* Phonetic hangul: [감수]

#### Noun

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 監守)
* (law) guarding over the property of a bankrupt person (in order to prevent intentional destruction, etc.)

##### Derived terms

* 감수(監守)하다 (gamsuhada)

### Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 減數, from 減 (“to reduce; reduction”) + 數 (“number”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ˈka̠(ː)msʰu]
* Phonetic hangul: [감(ː)수]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 減數)
* (formal) numerical reduction
    감수 분열 ― gamsu bunyeol ― meiosis (literally, “reductive division”)
* (mathematics) subtrahend

##### Derived terms

* 감수 분열(減數分裂) (gamsu bunyeol)
* 감수(減數)하다 (gamsuhada)

### Etymology 7

Sino-Korean word from 減收 (“reduction in the harvest”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ˈka̠(ː)msʰu]
* Phonetic hangul: [감(ː)수]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 減收)
* (agriculture) reduction in the harvested amount

##### Derived terms

* 감수(減收)되다 (gamsudoeda)
* 감수(減收)하다 (gamsuhada)

### Etymology 8

Sino-Korean word from 減 (“reduction; to reduce”) + 水 (“water”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ˈka̠(ː)msʰu]
* Phonetic hangul: [감(ː)수]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 減水)
* (formal) recession of water; depression of water levels
    Antonym: 증수(增水) (jeungsu)

##### Derived terms

* 감수(減水)되다 (gamsudoeda)
* 감수(減水)하다 (gamsuhada)
* 감수기(減水期) (gamsugi)
* 감수량(減水量) (gamsuryang)

### Etymology 9

Sino-Korean word from 減 (“reduction; to reduce”) + 壽 (“lifespan”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ˈka̠(ː)msʰu]
* Phonetic hangul: [감(ː)수]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 減壽)
* (formal) reduction in lifespan

##### Derived terms

* 감수(減壽)되다 (gamsudoeda)
* 감수(減壽)하다 (gamsuhada)

### Etymology 10

Sino-Korean word from 甘遂 (“root of the kansui”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ka̠msʰu]
* Phonetic hangul: [감수]

#### Noun

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 甘遂)
* the kansui (Euphorbia kansui), or the root thereof (used in medicine)