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Korean
edit기긱긲긳긴긵긶 긷길긹긺긻긼긽 긾긿김깁깂깃깄 깅깆깇깈깉깊깋 | |
긔 ← | → 까 |
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Etymology 1
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First attested in the nineteenth century. Perhaps ultimately related to the "weed" sense below, but this is speculative.
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ki(ː)m]
- Phonetic hangul: [김(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | gim |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gim |
McCune–Reischauer? | kim |
Yale Romanization? | kīm |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 김의 / 김에 / 김까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.
Noun
edit김 • (gim)
Derived terms
edit- 김밥 (gimbap, “kimbap”)
See also
editEtymology 2
editFirst attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 김〯 (Yale: kǐm).
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ki(ː)m]
- Phonetic hangul: [김(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | gim |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gim |
McCune–Reischauer? | kim |
Yale Romanization? | kīm |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 김의 / 김에 / 김까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.
Noun
edit김 • (gim)
Etymology 3
editOf native Korean origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kim]
- Phonetic hangul: [김]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | gim |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gim |
McCune–Reischauer? | kim |
Yale Romanization? | kim |
Dependent noun
edit김 • (gim)
- since, given that, seeing as; only used in 은 김에 (-eun gime) and 는 김에 (-neun gime)
Etymology 4
editFirst attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 기ᅀᅳᆷ〮 (Yale: kìzúm), originally equivalent to 기ᇫ (Yale: kìz-, “to be lush, to be verdant (of plant growth)”) + 음〮 (Yale: -úm, substantive-deriving suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ki(ː)m]
- Phonetic hangul: [김(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | gim |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gim |
McCune–Reischauer? | kim |
Yale Romanization? | kīm |
Noun
edit김 • (gim)
Derived terms
edit- 김매다 (gimmaeda)
See also
editEtymology 5
editSino-Korean word from 金 (“gold; metal”). This reading is found only in the surname and certain place names. Orthodox Sino-Korean is 금 (金, geum).
Most likely a borrowing from Early Mandarin 金 (EM *kim) during Mongol rule in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kim]
- Phonetic hangul: [김]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | gim |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gim |
McCune–Reischauer? | kim |
Yale Romanization? | kim |
Proper noun
edit- a surname, Kim (most common surname in Korea)
- 김연아 (金姸兒) ― Gim Yeon-a ― Yuna Kim
- 김정은 (金正恩) ― Gim Jeong-eun ― Kim Jong-un
- 김대중 (金大中) ― Gim Daejung ― Kim Dae-jung
Descendants
editReferences
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