U+AE41, 깁
HANGUL SYLLABLE GIB
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[U+AE40]
Hangul Syllables
[U+AE42]


긿

긔 ←→ 까

Korean edit

Etymology 1 edit

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 깁〯 (Yale: kǐp).

Displaced by Mandarin loanword 비단 (緋緞, bidan).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ki(ː)p̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gip
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gib
McCune–Reischauer?kip
Yale Romanization?kīp

Noun edit

(gip)

  1. (obsolete) silk (in general)
  2. (rare) coarse silk fabric
  3. a kind of coarse greenish black pongee
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Of native Korean origin.

Noun edit

(gip)

  1. Pyeongbuk form of (gim, laver)