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U+AC80, 검
HANGUL SYLLABLE GEOM
Composition: + +
걿
[U+AC7F]
Hangul Syllables
[U+AC81]


걿

걔 ←→ 게

Korean

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Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɘ(ː)m]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(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

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Sino-Korean word from (knife).

Noun

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(geom) (hanja )

  1. sword
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from (examine, inspect).

Noun

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(geom) (hanja )

  1. Short for 검찰(檢察) (geomchal, the prosecutor's office).
Usage notes
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  • Often written in the hanja form in news headlines.

Etymology 3

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Of native Korean origin. Probably cognate with Japanese (かみ) (kami, God); note the long vowel, which implies an Old Korean bisyllabic form (hence likely *kemV).

Noun

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(geom)

  1. (obsolete, very rare) (religion) god; spirit
Usage notes
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  • 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 (, sin, “god; deity”), 명신 (明神, myeongsin, “august divinity”), etc.