Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Kim (occasionally romanized as Gim) is the most common surname in the Korean Peninsula and among the Korean diaspora. The hanja (Chinese character) for Kim is 金, meaning "gold". The Korean pronunciation varies: as a common noun meaning "gold" or "metal" in general, it is pronounced [kɯm] (금, geum), but as a surname or in place names, it is pronounced [kim] (김, gim). Kim is the most common family name in Korea. In Japan, some Koreans use the kanji 金 either by itself or in combination with other characters. This is sometimes read as Kin and sometimes as Kane- (e.g. Kaneda, Kanemoto) in kun'yomi, but not every Japanese or Chinese person who bears such a name is of Korean descent. The modern Mandarin pronunciation for "金" is jīn([tɕin˥˥]) but the modern Cantonese is "gam1"([kɐm˥˥]/[kɐm˥˧]), which may be seen as more similar to the Korean and Middle Chinese pronunciation (/kɰim/) in some aspects."@en }
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- Kim_(Korean_surname) abstract "Kim (occasionally romanized as Gim) is the most common surname in the Korean Peninsula and among the Korean diaspora. The hanja (Chinese character) for Kim is 金, meaning "gold". The Korean pronunciation varies: as a common noun meaning "gold" or "metal" in general, it is pronounced [kɯm] (금, geum), but as a surname or in place names, it is pronounced [kim] (김, gim). Kim is the most common family name in Korea. In Japan, some Koreans use the kanji 金 either by itself or in combination with other characters. This is sometimes read as Kin and sometimes as Kane- (e.g. Kaneda, Kanemoto) in kun'yomi, but not every Japanese or Chinese person who bears such a name is of Korean descent. The modern Mandarin pronunciation for "金" is jīn([tɕin˥˥]) but the modern Cantonese is "gam1"([kɐm˥˥]/[kɐm˥˧]), which may be seen as more similar to the Korean and Middle Chinese pronunciation (/kɰim/) in some aspects.".