General principles of the kinship system in Korean culture (Yi, Kwang-Kyu 1975)

  1. Patrilineal principle (vs. matrilineal):
  2. Agnate principle (vs. cognate):
  3. Generation stratification:
  4. Principle of lineality:
  5. Centripetal tendency of the kinship terms around ego.

Other factors: EGO's gender, Kin's gender, relative age between them, the gender of the person through whom the kin is related

Yi (Lee), Kwang-Kyu. 1975. Kinship system in Korea [GN635 K6 Y5]