임

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임 U+C784, 임
HANGUL SYLLABLE IM
Composition:ㅇ + ㅣ + ㅁ
← 잃
 		Hangul Syllables 입 →
이익읶읷인읹읺
읻일읽읾읿잀잁
잂잃임입잆잇있
잉잊잋잌잍잎잏
의 ←→ 자
See also: -임

Korean

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • 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

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

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

임 (im)

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  1. 壬:
    (MC reading: 壬 (MC nyim))
  2. 任:
    (MC reading: 任 (MC nyim|nyimH))
  3. 妊:
    (MC reading: 妊 (MC nyimH))
  4. 姙: Alternative form of 妊
    (MC reading: 姙)
  5. 稔:
    (MC reading: 稔 (MC nyimX))
  6. 恁:
    (MC reading: 恁 (MC nyim|nyimX))
  7. 荏:
    (MC reading: 荏 (MC nyimX))
  8. 衽:
    (MC reading: 衽 (MC nyimH))
  9. 飪:
    (MC reading: 飪 (MC nyimX))
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  1. 林:
    (MC reading: 林 (MC lim))
  2. 臨:
    (MC reading: 臨 (MC lim|limH))
  3. 琳:
    (MC reading: 琳 (MC lim))
  4. 霖:
    (MC reading: 霖 (MC lim))
  5. 淋:
    (MC reading: 淋 (MC lim))
  6. 痳:
    (MC reading: 痳 (MC lim))
More information
  1. 賃:
    (MC reading: 賃 (MC nrimH))
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