백금

Korean
Chemical element
Pt
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Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 白金, from 白 (“white”) + 金 (“gold”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 白金(はっきん) (hakkin).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pɛk̚k͈ɯm] ~ [pe̞k̚k͈ɯm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [백끔/벡끔]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?baekgeum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?baeggeum
McCune–Reischauer?paekkŭm
Yale Romanization?payk.kum

Noun

백금 • (baekgeum) (hanja 白金)

  1. platinum
    Synonym: 플래티나 (peullaetina)
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