김

Unknown. First attested in the nineteenth century. Perhaps ultimately related to the "weed" sense below, but this is speculative. In Korea language media, the word's etymology is often speculated to be originated from the the Korean surname "김" (Kim) as Kim Yeo-ik (김여익) who cultivated lavers in the Joseon dynasty.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ki(ː)m]
• Phonetic hangul: [김(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 김의 / 김에 / 김까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

김 • (gim)

1. laver (nori, a type of edible seaweed in the genus Porphyra)

   Synonyms: (rare) 해태(海苔) (haetae), (chiefly dialectal) 해의(海衣) (hae'ui)

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ki(ː)m]
• Phonetic hangul: [김(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 김의 / 김에 / 김까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

김 • (gim)

1. steam; vapor

   Synonyms: 증기(蒸氣) (jeunggi, “vapour”), 수증기(水蒸氣) (sujeunggi, “steam”)

Of native Korean origin.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kim]
• Phonetic hangul: [김]

김 • (gim)

1. since, given that, seeing as; only used in -은 김에 (-eun gime) and -는 김에 (-neun gime)

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 기ᅀᅳᆷ〮 (Yale: kìzúm), originally equivalent to 기ᇫ (Yale: kìz-, “to be lush, to be verdant (of plant growth)”) + -음〮 (Yale: -úm, substantive-deriving suffix).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ki(ː)m]
• Phonetic hangul: [김(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

김 • (gim)

1. weed in fields or rice paddies, which must be uprooted

Sino-Korean word from 金 (“gold; metal”). This reading is found only in the surname and certain place names. Orthodox Sino-Korean is 금 (金, geum).

Most likely a borrowing from Early Mandarin 金 (EM *kim) during Mongol rule in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.^[1]

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kim]
• Phonetic hangul: [김]

김 • (Gim) (hanja 金)

1. a surname, Kim (most common surname in Korea)

   김연아 (金姸兒) ― Gim Yeon-a ― Yuna Kim

   김정은 (金正恩) ― Gim Jeong-eun ― Kim Jong Un

   김대중 (金大中) ― Gim Daejung ― Kim Dae-jung

• Synonym: 누른쇠 (nureunsoe)

• English: Kim, Gim
• Ukrainian: Кім (Kim)