That's interesting. As you pointed out, 金 has two pronunciations /gim/ and /geum/. So when is /gim/ used and when is /geum/ used? Is there some sort of rules or it's pretty random?

bsfmalaysia (63) in philosophy • 5 years ago

Starostin reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan*gǝ̆m (“metal”); compare Tedim Chin xam(“gold”) and Lepcha [script needed] (kóm, “silver, coin, money”).

“Copper” [prior to 5th BCE] > “metals in general” > “gold”.

That's interesting. As you pointed out, 金 has two pronunciations /gim/ and /geum/.

So when is /gim/ used and when is /geum/ used? Is there some sort of rules or it's pretty random?

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