기존

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 旣 (“already”) + 存 (“exist”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kid͡ʑo̞n]
• Phonetic hangul: [기존]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gijon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gijon
McCune–Reischauer?	kijon
Yale Romanization?	kicon

Noun

기존 • (gijon) (hanja 旣存)

1. existing (already); preexistence

Derived terms

• 기존의 (gijonui, “established”)
• 기존하다 (gijonhada, “exist already”)