금

금 U+AE08, 금 HANGUL SYLLABLE GEUM Composition: ㄱ + ㅡ + ㅁ ← 긇 [U+AE07] Hangul Syllables 급 → [U+AE09]

그극귺귻근귽귾 귿글긁긂긃긄긅 긆긇금급긊긋긌 긍긎긏긐긑긒긓
규 ←	→ 긔

Jeju

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 金.

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽kɨm⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [kɨm]
• Phonetic hangul: [금]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geum
Yale Romanization?	kum

Noun

금 (geum)

1. gold
2. price

   Synonym: 깞 (kkap)

References

• “금” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

Etymology 1

Chemical element
Au
Previous: 백금(白金) (baekgeum) (Pt)
Next: 수은(水銀) (sueun) (Hg)

Crystals of gold (금/金)

금(金)

Sino-Korean word from 金 (“gold”), from the Middle Korean reading 금 (Yale: kùm).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [금]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geum
McCune–Reischauer?	kŭm
Yale Romanization?	kum

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 금의 / 금에 / 금까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

금 • (geum) (hanja 金)

1. gold (Au) (in general and as an element); golden...

   Synonym: 누른쇠 (nureunsoe)

   시간은 금이다. (aphorism)

   Sigan-eun geumida.

   Time is money.

   (literally, “Time is gold.”)

2. amount of money (written before the amount)

   금 ______ 원 ― geum ______ won ― amount: ______ won

3. short for 금요일(金曜日) (geumyoil, “Friday”)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 金 for Sino-Korean compounds of 금 (金, geum).

Suffix

—금 • (-geum) (hanja 金)

1. money

   ‎등록(登錄) (deungnok, “enrollment”) + ‎금(金) (geum, “money”) → ‎등록금(登錄金) (deungnokgeum, “tuition”)

See also

• Korean terms suffixed with -금 (金)

  기부금

  장려금

  포상금

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [금]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geum
McCune–Reischauer?	kŭm
Yale Romanization?	kum

Noun

금 • (geum)

1. crack, fissure, fracture

   금이 가다 ― geum-i gada ― to crack

Derived terms

• 가로금 (garogeum)
• 눈금 (nun'geum)
• 돌금 (dolgeum)
• 빗금 (bitgeum)
• 세로금 (serogeum)
• 손금 (son'geum)
• 실금 (silgeum)
• 잔금 (jan'geum)
• 줄금 (julgeum)

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

금 • (geum)

More information

1. 金: gold; money

   (eumhun reading: 쇠 금 (soe geum))
   (MC reading: 金 (MC kim))

2. 釒:

   (MC reading: 釒)

3. 今: this; at present

   (eumhun reading: 이제 금 (ije geum))
   (MC reading: 今 (MC kim))

4. 禁: prohibition

   (eumhun reading: 금할 금 (geumhal geum))
   (MC reading: 禁 (MC kim|kimH))

5. 錦: brocade

   (eumhun reading: 비단 금 (bidan geum))
   (MC reading: 錦 (MC kimX))

6. 琴: geomungo, a six-stringed Korean zither

   (eumhun reading: 거문고 금 (geomun'go geum))
   (MC reading: 琴 (MC gim))

7. 禽: birds; winged animals

   (eumhun reading: 날짐승 금 (naljimseung geum))
   (MC reading: 禽 (MC gim))

8. 襟:

   (MC reading: 襟 (MC kim))

9. 衾:

   (MC reading: 衾 (MC khim))

10. 擒:

    (MC reading: 擒 (MC gim))

11. 衿:

    (MC reading: 衿 (MC kim))

12. 芩:

    (MC reading: 芩 (MC gim))

13. 檎:

    (MC reading: 檎 (MC gim))

14. 昑:

    (MC reading: 昑)

15. 妗:

    (MC reading: 妗 (MC tsyhem|xem|xeam))

16. 噤:

    (MC reading: 噤 (MC gimX|gimH))

17. 嶔:

    (MC reading: 嶔 (MC khim))

18. 笒:

    (MC reading: 笒 (MC dzrim|gimH))

19. 唫:

    (MC reading: 唫 (MC ngim|gimX))

20. 鍂:

    (MC reading: 鍂)

21. 琻:

    (MC reading: 琻)

22. 紟:

    (MC reading: 紟 (MC gimH))

23. 琹:

    (MC reading: 琹)

24. 顉:

    (MC reading: 顉 (MC khim|khimX|ngomX))

25. 菳:

    (MC reading: 菳 (MC khim))

26. 赺:

    (MC reading: 赺)

27. 㯲:

    (MC reading: 㯲 (MC kimH))

28. 噙:

    (MC reading: 噙)

29. 僸:

    (MC reading: 僸 (MC ngimX|kimH))

30. 耹:

    (MC reading: 耹 (MC gim))

31. 鈙:

    (MC reading: 鈙 (MC gimH))

32. 凎:

    (MC reading: 凎)

33. 澿:

    (MC reading: 澿 (MC gim))

34. 砛:

    (MC reading: 砛)

35. 黅:

    (MC reading: 黅 (MC kim))

36. 庈:

    (MC reading: 庈 (MC gim))

37. 惍:

    (MC reading: 惍)

38. 搇:

    (MC reading: 搇 (MC khjimH))

39. 肣:

    (MC reading: 肣 (MC hom|homX))

40. 蠄:

    (MC reading: 蠄)

41. 㱽:

    (MC reading: 㱽 (MC gim|trimX))

42. 鵭:

    (MC reading: 鵭 (MC gim))

43. 䶖:

    (MC reading: 䶖 (MC gimH))

44. 鐢:

    (MC reading: 鐢)

45. 㾣:

    (MC reading: 㾣)

46. 䃢:

    (MC reading: 䃢)

47. 坅:

    (MC reading: 坅 (MC khjimX))

48. 蚙:

    (MC reading: 蚙)

49. 軡:

    (MC reading: 軡)

50. 靲:

    (MC reading: 靲 (MC gim))

51. 㲐:

    (MC reading: 㲐)

52. 㕋:

    (MC reading: 㕋 (MC gim))

53. 䑤:

    (MC reading: 䑤)

54. 䫴:

    (MC reading: 䫴 (MC gimX|himH))

55. 齽:

    (MC reading: 齽 (MC gimH))

56. 䋮:

    (MC reading: 䋮)

57. 䦦:

    (MC reading: 䦦)

58. 㦗:

    (MC reading: 㦗 (MC kim))

59. 㩒:

    (MC reading: 㩒 (MC gim))

60. 㱈:

    (MC reading: 㱈)

61. 䔷:

    (MC reading: 䔷 (MC ging|gim))

62. 䥅:

    (MC reading: 䥅)

63. 䥆:

    (MC reading: 䥆)

64. 䌝:

    (MC reading: 䌝)