임
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| 이익읶읷인읹읺 읻일읽읾읿잀잁 잂잃임입잆잇있 잉잊잋잌잍잎잏 | |
| 의 ← | → 자 |
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See also: -임
Korean
Etymology 1
Prescriptive South Korean variant of 님 (nim) as an independent noun.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [im]
- Phonetic hangul: [임]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | im |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | im |
| McCune–Reischauer? | im |
| Yale Romanization? | im |
Noun
임 • (im)
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 任, from the Middle Korean reading ᅀᅵᆷ〯 (Yale: zǐm).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [i(ː)m]
- Phonetic hangul: [임(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | im |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | im |
| McCune–Reischauer? | im |
| Yale Romanization? | īm |
Proper noun
임 • (Im) (hanja 任)
- a surname
Noun
임 • (im) (hanja 任)
- (formal) duty; responsibility
Derived terms
- 임(任)하다 (imhada)
- See the hanja entry at 任 for Sino-Korean compounds of (任, im).
Etymology 3
Sino-Korean word from 壬
Noun
임 • (im) (hanja 壬)
- the ninth of the ten heavenly stems
Coordinate terms
one of ten heavenly stems
Etymology 4
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
임 • (im)
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