김

Character	김
Unicode name	HANGUL SYLLABLE GIM
Hangul Syllables	U+AE40
Composition	ㄱ + ㅣ + ㅁ
Dubeolsik keyboard entry	r-l-a

Korean

Etymology 1

김 깁 깂 깃 깄 깅 깆 깇 깈 깉 깊 깋 까 깍 깎 깏 깐 깑 깒 깓 깔 깕 깖 깗 깘 깙 깚 깛
긤 ←	깜 →

Syllable

김 (transliterations: Revised gim, McCune–Reischauer kim, Yale kim)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅣ, and ㅁ.

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

김 (gim)

1. steam, vapor, breath

Synonyms

• 증기 (蒸氣, jeunggi) vapor
• 수증기 (水蒸氣, sujeunggi) steam

Etymology 3

gim (laver)

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

김 (gim)

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

Synonyms

• 해태 (海苔, haetae) laver
• 잡풀 (雜풀, jab-pur, jap-pul) weed

Derived terms

• 김매다 (gimmaeda) To weed (unwanted grasses out of a cultivated area)
• 김밥 (gimbap)

See also

• 매다 (maeda, “to weed, unwanted grasses out of a cultivated area”)
• 미역 (miyeok, “sea mustard”)

Etymology 4

Of native Korean origin.

Adverb

김 (gim)

1. verge, occasion, opportunity

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 金 (“gold”) .

Proper noun

김 (kim, hanja 金)

1. Kim (surname very common in Korea)