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

[U+AE07]
Hangul Syllables
[U+AE09]
귺귻귽귾
귿
긆긇긊긋긌
긍긎긏긐긒긓
규 ←→ 긔

Jeju

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from .

    Pronunciation

    • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽kɨm⫽
    • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [kɨm]
    • Phonetic hangul: []
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?geum
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?geum
    Yale Romanization?kum

    Noun

    (geum)

    1. gold
    2. price
      Synonym: (kkap)

    References

    • ” 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 (gold), from the Middle Korean reading (Yale: kùm).

      Pronunciation

      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

      • (geum) (hanja )

      1. gold (Au) (in general and as an element); golden...
        Synonym: 누른쇠 (nureunsoe)
        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

      Suffix

      —금 • (-geum) (hanja )

      1. money
        등록(登錄) (deungnok, enrollment) + ‎금(金) (geum, money) → ‎등록금(登錄金) (deungnokgeum, tuition)
      See also
        Korean terms suffixed with -금 (金)

      Etymology 2

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

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

      • (geum)

      1. crack, fissure, fracture
        가다geum-i gadato crack
      Derived terms
      • 가로금 (garogeum)
      • 눈금 (nun'geum)
      • 돌금 (dolgeum)
      • 빗금 (bitgeum)
      • 세로금 (serogeum)
      • 손금 (son'geum)
      • 실금 (silgeum)
      • 잔금 (jan'geum)
      • 줄금 (julgeum)

      Etymology 3

      Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

      Syllable

      • (geum)