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Given name & surname · Japanese

キム

キム (Kimu) is a surname. It is used in Japanese.

JapaneseWritten in Japanese kana script. In English: Kim.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

キム comes from Korean.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Korean 김.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

キム’s family of names

In Japanese usage, キム has a conventional equivalent in the English form Kim. In Japanese usage, キム can be written in the Roman alphabet as KIMU. In Japanese usage, キム as a surname has a related form in 金.

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キムKimu金Kim

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

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