검은

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kʌ̹mɯn]
• Phonetic hangul: [거믄]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geomeun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geom'eun
McCune–Reischauer?	kŏmŭn
Yale Romanization?	kem.un

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin.

Adjective

검은 • (geomeun)

1. realis adnominal of 검다 (geomda, “black”)

Antonyms

• 흰 (huin, “white”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean reading of various characters.

Noun

검은 • (geomeun)

1. topic-marked form of 검 (geom): see 은 (-eun)