# 금

| 금 | U+AE08, &#44552; HANGUL SYLLABLE GEUM |
| Composition: | ㄱ + ㅡ + ㅁ |
| ← 긇 [U+AE07] | Hangul Syllables | 급 → [U+AE09] |
그극귺귻근귽귾 귿글긁긂긃긄긅 긆긇금급긊긋긌 긍긎긏긐긑긒긓 :
| 규 ← | → 긔 |

## Jeju
### Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 金.

### Pronunciation

* (Morphophonemic) IPA: ⫽kɨm⫽
* (Jeju City) IPA: [kɨm]
* Phonetic hangul: [금]

### Noun

금 (geum)
* gold
* price
    Synonym: 깞 (kkap)

### References

* “금” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

## Korean
### Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 金 (“gold”), from the Middle Korean reading 금 (Yale: kùm).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [kɯm]
* Phonetic hangul: [금]
* South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 금의 / 금에 / 금까지Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

#### Noun

금 • (geum) (hanja 金)
* gold (Au) (in general and as an element); golden...
    시간은 금이다. (aphorism)Sigan-eun geumida.Time is money.(literally, “Time is gold.”)
* amount of money (written before the amount)
    금 ______ 원 ― geum ______ won ― amount: ______ won
* Short for 금요일(金曜日) (geumyoil, “Friday”).

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 金 for Sino-Korean compounds of 금 (金, geum).

#### Suffix

—금 • (-geum) (hanja 金)
* money
    ‎등록(登錄) (deungnok, “enrollment”) + ‎금(金) (geum, “money”) → ‎등록금(登錄金) (deungnokgeum, “tuition”)

##### See also

* Korean terms suffixed with -금 (金) 기부금 장려금 포상금

### Etymology 2

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 금〮 (Yale: kúm).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [kɯm]
* Phonetic hangul: [금]

#### Noun

금 • (geum)
* crack, fissure, fracture
    금이 가다 ― geum-i gada ― to crack

##### Derived terms

* 가로금 (garogeum)
* 눈금 (nun'geum)
* 돌금 (dolgeum)
* 빗금 (bitgeum)
* 세로금 (serogeum)
* 손금 (son'geum)
* 실금 (silgeum)
* 잔금 (jan'geum)
* 줄금 (julgeum)

### Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

금 • (geum)
* 金: gold; money
    (eumhun reading: 쇠 금 (soe geum)) (MC reading: 金 (MC kim))
* 釒:
    (MC reading: 釒)
* 今: this; at present
    (eumhun reading: 이제 금 (ije geum)) (MC reading: 今 (MC kim))
* 禁: prohibition
    (eumhun reading: 금할 금 (geumhal geum)) (MC reading: 禁 (MC kim|kimH))
* 錦: brocade
    (eumhun reading: 비단 금 (bidan geum)) (MC reading: 錦 (MC kimX))
* 琴: geomungo, a six-stringed Korean zither
    (eumhun reading: 거문고 금 (geomun'go geum)) (MC reading: 琴 (MC gim))
* 禽: birds; winged animals
    (eumhun reading: 날짐승 금 (naljimseung geum)) (MC reading: 禽 (MC gim))
* 襟:
    (MC reading: 襟 (MC kim))
* 衾:
    (MC reading: 衾 (MC khim))
* 擒:
    (MC reading: 擒 (MC gim))
* 衿:
    (MC reading: 衿 (MC kim))
* 芩:
    (MC reading: 芩 (MC gim))
* 檎:
    (MC reading: 檎 (MC gim))
* 昑:
    (MC reading: 昑)
* 妗:
    (MC reading: 妗 (MC tsyhem|xem|xeam))
* 噤:
    (MC reading: 噤 (MC gimX|gimH))
* 嶔:
    (MC reading: 嶔 (MC khim))
* 笒:
    (MC reading: 笒 (MC dzrim|gimH))
* 唫:
    (MC reading: 唫 (MC ngim|gimX))
* 鍂:
    (MC reading: 鍂)
* 琻:
    (MC reading: 琻)
* 紟:
    (MC reading: 紟 (MC gimH))
* 琹:
    (MC reading: 琹)
* 顉:
    (MC reading: 顉 (MC khim|khimX|ngomX))
* 菳:
    (MC reading: 菳 (MC khim))
* 赺:
    (MC reading: 赺)
* 㯲:
    (MC reading: 㯲 (MC kimH))
* 噙:
    (MC reading: 噙)
* 僸:
    (MC reading: 僸 (MC ngimX|kimH))
* 耹:
    (MC reading: 耹 (MC gim))
* 鈙:
    (MC reading: 鈙 (MC gimH))
* 凎:
    (MC reading: 凎)
* 澿:
    (MC reading: 澿 (MC gim))
* 砛:
    (MC reading: 砛)
* 黅:
    (MC reading: 黅 (MC kim))
* 庈:
    (MC reading: 庈 (MC gim))
* 惍:
    (MC reading: 惍)
* 搇:
    (MC reading: 搇 (MC khjimH))
* 肣:
    (MC reading: 肣 (MC hom|homX))
* 蠄:
    (MC reading: 蠄)
* 㱽:
    (MC reading: 㱽 (MC gim|trimX))
* 鵭:
    (MC reading: 鵭 (MC gim))
* 䶖:
    (MC reading: 䶖 (MC gimH))
* 鐢:
    (MC reading: 鐢)
* 㾣:
    (MC reading: 㾣)
* 䃢:
    (MC reading: 䃢)
* 坅:
    (MC reading: 坅 (MC khjimX))
* 蚙:
    (MC reading: 蚙)
* 軡:
    (MC reading: 軡)
* 靲:
    (MC reading: 靲 (MC gim))
* 㲐:
    (MC reading: 㲐)
* 㕋:
    (MC reading: 㕋 (MC gim))
* 䑤:
    (MC reading: 䑤)
* 䫴:
    (MC reading: 䫴 (MC gimX|himH))
* 齽:
    (MC reading: 齽 (MC gimH))
* 䋮:
    (MC reading: 䋮)
* 䦦:
    (MC reading: 䦦)
* 㦗:
    (MC reading: 㦗 (MC kim))
* 㩒:
    (MC reading: 㩒 (MC gim))
* 㱈:
    (MC reading: 㱈)
* 䔷:
    (MC reading: 䔷 (MC ging|gim))
* 䥅:
    (MC reading: 䥅)
* 䥆:
    (MC reading: 䥆)
* 䌝:
    (MC reading: 䌝)