심

심 U+C2EC, 심 HANGUL SYLLABLE SIM Composition: ㅅ + ㅣ + ㅁ ← 싫 [U+C2EB] Hangul Syllables 십 → [U+C2ED]

시식싞싟신싡싢 싣실싥싦싧싨싩 싪싫심십싮싯싰 싱싲싳싴싵싶싷
싀 ←	→ 싸

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 힘 (him).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽sim⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [ɕʰim]
• Phonetic hangul: [심]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sim
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sim
Yale Romanization?	sim

Noun

심 (sim)

1. strength; power

References

• “심” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰim]
• Phonetic hangul: [심]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sim
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sim
McCune–Reischauer?	sim
Yale Romanization?	sim

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 心 (“heart”). Compare Chinese 芯 (xīn, “pith; wick; core”), Japanese 芯(しん) (shin, “pith; wick; core”).

Noun

심 • (sim) (hanja 心)

1. internal object crucial to something functioning:
   1. core of a pencil; lead

      연필 심 ― yeonpil sim ― pencil core

   2. staple of a stapler

      스테이플러 심 ― seuteipeulleo sim ― stapler staple

   3. pith (of a tree, a plant)

      배추의 심 ― baechu-ui sim ― core of a cabbage

   4. (medicine) tent (linen roll applied to wounds)
   5. wick (of a lamp, a candle)

      Synonym: 심지 (simji)

   6. pad, padding (in clothing)

Suffix

—심 • (-sim) (hanja 心)

1. emotion, mind

   애국심 ― aeguksim ― patriotism

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 心 for Sino-Korean compounds of 심 (心, sim).

Etymology 2

Perhaps shifted from 삼 (蔘, sam, “ginseng”).

Noun

심 • (sim)

1. (ginseng-harvesters' cant) ginseng

   심 봤다! ― Sim bwatda! ― I hit the jackpot! (literally, “I saw ginseng!”)

Etymology 3

Noun

심 • (sim)

1. Gyeongsang and Gangwon form of 힘 (him, “strength”).
   • 1883, 아메노모리 호슈(雨森芳洲) [Amenomori Hōshū], “凡例”, in 浦瀬裕, editor, 재간교린수지(再刊交隣須知) (Jaegan'gyorinsuji)‎^{NDL NLK}, 外務省 edition, volume 1:

     […] 全キヲ아주　力ヲ심　님금ヲ인군 […]

     […] mattaki o aju chikara o sim nimgeum o ingun […]

Etymology 4

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

심 (sim)

Extended content

心: mind (eumhun reading: 마음 심 (ma'eum sim)) (MC reading: 心 (MC sim)) 沈: to sink (eumhun reading: 가라앉을 심 (garaanjeul sim)) (MC reading: 沈 (MC syimX)) 審: to survey (eumhun reading: 살필 심 (salpil sim)) (MC reading: 審 (MC syimX)) 深: deep (eumhun reading: 깊을 심 (gipeul sim)) (MC reading: 深 (MC syim|syimH)) 甚: excessive (eumhun reading: 심할 심 (simhal sim)) (MC reading: 甚 (MC dzyimX|dzyimH)) 尋: to seek (eumhun reading: 찾을 심 (chajeul sim)) (MC reading: 尋 (MC zim)) 芯: common rush (eumhun reading: 골풀 심 (golpul sim)) (MC reading: 芯) 瀋: juice (eumhun reading: 즙 심 (jeup sim)) (MC reading: 瀋 (MC tsyhimX)) 沁: to seep (eumhun reading: 스며들 심 (seumyeodeul sim)) (MC reading: 沁 (MC tshimH)) 諶: truly (eumhun reading: 참 심 (cham sim)) (MC reading: 諶 (MC dzyim))