검
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| 거걱걲걳건걵걶 걷걸걹걺걻걼걽 걾걿검겁겂것겄 겅겆겇겈겉겊겋 | |
| 걔 ← | → 게 |
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Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɘ(ː)m]
- Phonetic hangul: [검(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | geom |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | geom |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kŏm |
| Yale Romanization? | kēm |
Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 劍 (“knife”), from the Middle Korean reading 검〯 (Yale: kěm).
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 劍 for Sino-Korean compounds of 검 (劍, geom).
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 檢 (“examine, inspect”).
Usage notes
- Often written in the hanja form in news headlines.
Etymology 3
Of native Korean origin. Probably cognate with Japanese 神 (kami, “God”); note the long vowel, which implies an Old Korean bisyllabic form (hence likely *kemV).
Usage notes
- Very rare, close to being a dictionary-only ghost word in practice. Apparently not attested in Middle or Early Modern Korean; possibly only attested in certain toponyms. Even shamanic songs, which could be assumed to better preserve indigenous religious vocabulary, almost uniformly use Sino-Korean 신 (神, sin, “god; deity”), 명신 (明神, myeongsin, “august divinity”), etc.
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