Family

Family (食口) is a word that refers to people who live together in one house and eat together, and in Korea it is used to mean a 'meal community that eats from the same pot'. It is used similarly to family, but while family is a concept centered on kinship, family excludes the concept of kinship and metaphorically refers to people who eat or work together in one house or workplace.

 

Family is more than just people who live together; it is also an emotional channel that connects each other by sharing affection while eating together, and it also has a ceremonial meaning of confirming the family community. In modern society, due to busy life, the number of times the whole family sits around the table and eats together is decreasing, but eating together as a family is considered an important time for communication and love among family members.

 

In other words, the word family originated from the meaning of ‘people who eat together’ and has become a concept that symbolizes the bond and sense of community among family members.