금
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Crystals of gold (금/金) 
금(金)
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| 그극귺귻근귽귾 귿글긁긂긃긄긅 긆긇금급긊긋긌 긍긎긏긐긑긒긓 | |
| 규 ← | → 긔 |
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Jeju
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 金.
Pronunciation
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | geum |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | geum |
| Yale Romanization? | kum |
Noun
금 (geum)
References
- “금” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.
Korean
Etymology 1
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Au | |
| Previous: 백금(白金) (baekgeum) (Pt) | |
| Next: 수은(水銀) (sueun) (Hg) | |
Sino-Korean word from 金 (“gold”), from the Middle Korean reading 금 (Yale: kùm).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | geum |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | geum |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kŭm |
| Yale Romanization? | kum |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 금의 / 금에 / 금까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.
Noun
- gold (Au) (in general and as an element); golden...
- amount of money (written before the amount)
- 금 ______ 원 ― geum ______ won ― amount: ______ won
- Short for 금요일(金曜日) (geumyoil, “Friday”).
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 金 for Sino-Korean compounds of 금 (金, geum).
Suffix
- money
- 등록(登錄) (deungnok, “enrollment”) + 금(金) (geum, “money”) → 등록금(登錄金) (deungnokgeum, “tuition”)
See also
Etymology 2
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 금〮 (Yale: kúm).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | geum |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | geum |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kŭm |
| Yale Romanization? | kum |
Noun
금 • (geum)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
금 (geum)
More information
- 金: gold; money
- 釒:
- 今: this; at present
- 禁: prohibition
- 錦: brocade
- 琴: geomungo, a six-stringed Korean zither
- 禽: birds; winged animals
- 襟:
- 衾:
- 擒:
- 衿:
- 芩:
- 檎:
- 昑:
- 妗:
- 噤:
- 嶔:
- 笒:
- 唫:
- 鍂:
- 琻:
- 紟:
- 琹:
- 顉:
- 菳:
- 赺:
- 㯲:
- 噙:
- 僸:
- 耹:
- 鈙:
- 凎:
- 澿:
- 砛:
- 黅:
- 庈:
- 惍:
- 搇:
- 肣:
- 蠄:
- 㱽:
- 鵭:
- 䶖:
- 鐢:
- 㾣:
- 䃢:
- 坅:
- 蚙:
- 軡:
- 靲:
- 㲐:
- 㕋:
- 䑤:
- 䫴:
- 齽:
- 䋮:
- 䦦:
- 㦗:
- 㩒:
- 㱈:
- 䔷:
- 䥅:
- 䥆:
- 䌝: