곰
Korean
Pronunciation
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- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ko̞(ː)m]
- Phonetic hangul: [곰(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gom |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gom |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kom |
| Yale Romanization? | kōm |
Etymology 1
| 고곡곢곣곤곥곦 곧골곩곪곫곬곭 곮곯곰곱곲곳곴 공곶곷곸곹곺곻 | |
| 계 ← | → 과 |
|---|---|
Syllable
(deprecated template usage) 곰 • (gom)
- (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅗ, and ㅁ.
Etymology 2
Of native Korean origin. Likely cognate with Japanese kuma with similar meanings of “bear” and “hole, recess” (spelled 熊 for the “bear” sense and 隈 for the “hole, recess” sense).
Noun
곰 • (gom)
Derived terms
- 검은곰 (geomeun'gom): black bear
- 반달가슴곰 (bandalgaseumgom): panda bear, Asiatic black bear
- 불곰 (bulgom): brown bear, literally "fire bear"
- 회색곰 (hoesaekgom): grizzly bear
- 흰곰 (huin'gom): polar bear, (literally) white bear
- 북극곰 (北極곰, bukgeukgom): polar bear