김

Etymology 1
First attested in the nineteenth century. Perhaps ultimately related to the "weed" sense below, but this is speculative.

Noun

 * 1) laver nori, a type of edible seaweed in the genus

Noun

 * 1) steam; vapor

Dependent noun

 * 1) since, given that, seeing as;

Etymology 4
originally equivalent to +.

Noun

 * 1) weed in fields or rice paddies, which must be uprooted

Etymology 5
. This reading is found only in the surname and certain place names. Orthodox Sino-Korean is.

Most likely a borrowing from  during  in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Proper noun

 * , Kim most common surname in Korea