임

임 U+C784, 임 HANGUL SYLLABLE IM Composition: ㅇ + ㅣ + ㅁ ← 잃 [U+C783] Hangul Syllables 입 → [U+C785]

이익읶읷인읹읺 읻일읽읾읿잀잁 잂잃임입잆잇있 잉잊잋잌잍잎잏
의 ←	→ 자

See also: -임

Korean

Etymology 1

Prescriptive South Korean variant of 님 (nim) as an independent noun.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [im]
• Phonetic hangul: [임]

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

Noun

임 • (im)

1. (literary) lover, beloved

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 任, from the Middle Korean reading ᅀᅵᆷ〯 (Yale: zǐm).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [i(ː)m]
• Phonetic hangul: [임(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

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

Proper noun

임 • (Im) (hanja 任)

1. a surname

Noun

임 • (im) (hanja 任)

1. (formal) duty; responsibility

Derived terms

• 임(任)하다 (imhada)
• See the hanja entry at 任 for Sino-Korean compounds of 임 (任, im).

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 壬

Noun

임 • (im) (hanja 壬)

1. the ninth of the ten heavenly stems

Coordinate terms

one of ten heavenly stems

• 갑 (甲, gap, “first”)
• 을 (乙, eul, “second”)
• 병 (丙, byeong, “third”)
• 정 (丁, jeong, “fourth”)
• 무 (戊, mu, “fifth”)
• 기 (己, gi, “sixth”)
• 경 (庚, gyeong, “seventh”)
• 신 (辛, sin, “eighth”)
• 계 (癸, gye, “tenth”)

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

임 (im)

Extended content
壬: (MC reading: 壬 (MC nyim)) 任: (MC reading: 任 (MC nyim|nyimH)) 妊: (MC reading: 妊 (MC nyimH)) 姙: Alternative form of 妊 (MC reading: 姙) 稔: (MC reading: 稔 (MC nyimX)) 恁: (MC reading: 恁 (MC nyim|nyimX)) 荏: (MC reading: 荏 (MC nyimX)) 衽: (MC reading: 衽 (MC nyimH)) 飪: (MC reading: 飪 (MC nyimX))

Extended content
林: (MC reading: 林 (MC lim)) 臨: (MC reading: 臨 (MC lim|limH)) 琳: (MC reading: 琳 (MC lim)) 霖: (MC reading: 霖 (MC lim)) 淋: (MC reading: 淋 (MC lim)) 痳: (MC reading: 痳 (MC lim))

Extended content
賃: (MC reading: 賃 (MC nrimH))