백금

Korean

Chemical element
Pt
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Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 白金, from 白 (“white”) + 金 (“gold”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 白金(はっきん) (hakkin).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pɛk̚k͈ɯm] ~ [pe̞k̚k͈ɯm]
    • Phonetic hangul: [백끔/벡끔]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?baekgeum
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?baeggeum
    McCune–Reischauer?paekkŭm
    Yale Romanization?payk.kum

    Noun

    백금 • (baekgeum) (hanja 白金)

    1. platinum
      Synonym: 플래티나 (peullaetina)

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