기억

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 記憶, from 記 (“recording”) + 憶 (“thinking”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kiʌ̹k̚]
Phonetic hangul: [기억]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gieok
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gieog
McCune–Reischauer^?	kiŏk
Yale Romanization^?	kiek

Noun

기억 • (gieok) (hanja 記憶)

recall; the faculty of memory
너 전 에 본 거 같은 데? 어디 서 봤던 거 까진 기억 안 난다. (colloquial)
Neo jeon-e bon geo gateunde? eodiseo bwatdeon geo kkajin gieok an nanda.
I reckon I've seen you before. I just can't remember where.
- 2010, Serving a Father by Bringing Long-Lost Koreans Home, MARTIN FACKLER, New York Times, January 1, 2010‎^[1]:
  그러나, 그 모든 기억에 는 상실 의 아픔 이 깃들어 있다.
  Geureona, geu modeun gieog-e-neun sangsir-ui apeum-i gitdeureo itda.
  But all the memories are tinged with loss.

Derived terms

기억 장치 (記憶裝置, gieok jangchi, “computer data storage”)
기억되다 (記憶‒, gieokdoeda, “to be remembered”)
기억술 (記憶術, gieoksul, “mnemonics, art of memory”)
기억하다 (記憶‒, gieokhada, “to recall”)

See also

생각 (saenggak, “thought”)
추억(追憶) (chueok, “memory”)