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Etymology 1
, from the Middle Korean reading.

Noun

 * 1) sword

Etymology 2
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Usage notes

 * Often written in the hanja form in news headlines.

Etymology 3
Probably cognate with 🇨🇬 ; note the long vowel, which implies an Old Korean bisyllabic form (hence likely *kemV).

Noun

 * 1)   god; spirit

Usage notes

 * Very rare, close to being a dictionary-only ghost word in practice. Apparently not attested in Middle or Early Modern Korean; possibly only attested in certain toponyms. Even shamanic songs, which could be assumed to better preserve indigenous religious vocabulary, almost uniformly use Sino-Korean, , etc.