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]