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U+AE08, 금
HANGUL SYLLABLE GEUM
Composition: + +

[U+AE07]
Hangul Syllables
[U+AE09]

귿


규 ←→ 긔

Jeju

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geum
Yale Romanization?kum

Noun

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(geum)

  1. gold
  2. price
    Synonym: (kkap)

References

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  • ” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

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Etymology 1

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Chemical element
Au
Previous: 백금(白金) (baekgeum) (Pt)
Next: 수은(水銀) (sueun) (Hg)
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Crystals of gold (금/金)
금(金)

Sino-Korean word from (gold), from the Middle Korean reading (Yale: kùm).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geum
McCune–Reischauer?kŭm
Yale Romanization?kum
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 의 / 에 / 금

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

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(geum) (hanja )

  1. gold (Au) (in general and as an element); golden...
    시간 이다. (aphorism)
    Sigan-eun geumida.
    Time is money.
    (literally, “Time is gold.”)
  2. amount of money (written before the amount)
    ______ geum ______ wonamount: ______ won
  3. Short for 금요일(金曜日) (geumyoil, Friday).
Derived terms
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Suffix

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—금 (-geum) (hanja )

  1. money
    등록(登錄) (deungnok, enrollment) + ‎금(金) (geum, money) → ‎등록금(登錄金) (deungnokgeum, tuition)
See also
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Etymology 2

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First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 금〮 (Yale: kúm).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geum
McCune–Reischauer?kŭm
Yale Romanization?kum

Noun

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(geum)

  1. crack, fissure, fracture
    가다geum-i gadato crack
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

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(geum)