념

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɲʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [념]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nyeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nyeom
McCune–Reischauer?	nyŏm
Yale Romanization?	nyem

Etymology 1

녀녁녂녃년녅녆 녇녈녉녊녋녌녍 녎녏념녑녒녓녔 녕녖녗녘녙녚녛
네 ←	→ 녜

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 념 • (nyeom)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄴ, ㅕ, and ㅁ.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 念

Noun

념 • (nyeom) (hanja 念)

1. (North Korea, Yanbian) thought; idea

Alternative forms

• 염 (念, yeom) (South Korea)

Usage notes

In South Korea, the original Sino-Korean reading 념 (nyeom) is used when the hanja 염 (念, yeom) is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound word.

Derived terms

hanja as first syllable

• 염주/념주 (念珠, yeomju/nyeomju)

 

second syllable onwards

• 개념 (槪念, gaenyeom)
• 기념 (記念/紀念, ginyeom)
• 단념 (斷念, dannyeom)
• 상념 (想念, sangnyeom)
• 신념 (信念, sinnyeom)
• 이념 (理念, inyeom)
• 현념 (懸念, hyeonnyeom)

 

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

념 (nyeom)

1. 念: thought; idea

   (eumhun reading: 생각 념 (saenggak nyeom))
   (MC reading: 念 (MC nemH))

2. 恬:

   (MC reading: 恬 (MC dem))

3. 拈:

   (MC reading: 拈 (MC nem))

4. 捻:

   (MC reading: 捻 (MC nep))

Alternative forms

• 염 (yeom) (South Korea)

Usage notes

In South Korea, the hanja above are read as 염 (yeom) when used as a single word or as the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. However, the reading 념 (nyeom) is retained when the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. This is known as (deprecated template usage) 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo). [1]