셤

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셤 U+C164, 셤
HANGUL SYLLABLE SYEOM
Composition:ㅅ + ㅕ + ㅁ
← 셣
 		Hangul Syllables 셥 →
셔셕셖셗션셙셚
셛셜셝셞셟셠셡
셢셣셤셥셦셧셨
셩셪셫셬셭셮셯
세 ←→ 셰

Early Modern Korean

Alternative forms

  • 섬 (sem) — late 19th century

Etymology 1

From Middle Korean 셤〯 (syěm).

Possibly related to Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, “island”) and Japanese 島 (shima, “island”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (c. 1750) IPA(key): /sjəːm/,

Noun

셤 (syem)

  1. island
Descendants
  • Korean: 섬 (seom)

Etymology 2

From Middle Korean 셤〮 (syém).

Pronunciation

Noun

셤 (syem)

  1. a seom, a unit of volume
Descendants
  • Korean: 섬 (seom)

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2013) “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics‎, volume 15, number 2 (PDF), John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, pages 222-240.

Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?syeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?syeom
McCune–Reischauer?syŏm
Yale Romanization?syēm

Noun

셤 • (syeom)

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of 시험(試驗) (siheom, “test, exam”).

Middle Korean

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, “island”) and Japanese 島 (shima, “island”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

셤〯 (syěm)

  1. island
Descendants
  • Early Modern Korean: 셤 (syem), 섬 (sem)
    • Korean: 섬 (seom)
  • Jeju: 섬 (seom)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Counter

셤〮 (syém)

  1. a seom, a unit of volume
Descendants
  • Early Modern Korean: 셤 (syem), 섬 (sem)
    • Korean: 섬 (seom)
  • Jeju: 섬 (seom)

References

  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2013) “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics‎, volume 15, number 2 (PDF), John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, pages 222-240.
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