소금

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Won'gakgyeong eonhae (圓覺經諺解 / 원각경언해), 1465, as Middle Korean 소곰 (Yale: swòkwòm).

Alternative forms

• 소곰 (sogom) — southern Gyeongsang

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞ɡɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [소금]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sogeum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sogeum
McCune–Reischauer?	sogŭm
Yale Romanization?	sokum

• Homophone: 속음 (sogeum)
• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 소금의 / 소금에 / 소금까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

소금 • (sogeum)

1. salt

   한 줌의 소금 ― han jum-ui sogeum ― a pinch of salt

   소금물 ― sogeum-mul ― saltwater

   소금을 많이 넣으면 음식이 짜다.

   Sogeum-eul mani neo'eumyeon eumsig-i jjada.

   If you put in a lot of salt, the food is salty.

See also

• 鹽 (yeom), the hanja for salt

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 小笒.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰo̞(ː)ɡɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [소(ː)금]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sogeum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sogeum
McCune–Reischauer?	sogŭm
Yale Romanization?	sōkum

Noun

소금 • (sogeum) (hanja 小笒)

1. (music) sogeum (bamboo flute)

Related terms

• 대금 (大笒, daegeum)
• 중금 (中琴, junggeum)