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| 기긱긲긳긴긵긶 긷길긹긺긻긼긽 긾긿김깁깂깃깄 깅깆깇깈깉깊깋 | |
| 긔 ← | → 까 |
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Unknown. First attested in the nineteenth century. Perhaps ultimately related to the"weed" sense below, but this is speculative. In Korea language media, the word's etymology is often speculated to be originated from thethe Korean surname "김" (Kim) as Kim Yeo-ik (김여익) who cultivated lavers in the Joseon dynasty.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gim |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gim |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kim |
| Yale Romanization? | kīm |
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.
김• (gim)
First attested in theWorin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, asMiddle Korean김〯 (Yale:kǐm).
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gim |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gim |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kim |
| Yale Romanization? | kīm |
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.
김• (gim)
Of native Korean origin.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gim |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gim |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kim |
| Yale Romanization? | kim |
김• (gim)
First attested in theWorin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, asMiddle Korean기ᅀᅳᆷ〮 (Yale:kìzúm), originally equivalent to기ᇫ (Yale:kìz-, “to be lush, to be verdant (of plant growth)”) +-음〮 (Yale:-úm, substantive-deriving suffix).
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gim |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gim |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kim |
| Yale Romanization? | kīm |
김• (gim)
Sino-Korean word from金(“gold; metal”). This reading is found only in the surname and certain place names. Orthodox Sino-Korean is금 (金,geum).
Most likely a borrowing fromEarly Mandarin金 (EM *kim) duringMongol rule in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.[1]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gim |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gim |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kim |
| Yale Romanization? | kim |