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김치 — Korean Basic Dictionary
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- National Institute of Korean Language
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Republic of Korea
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- official lexicon
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS
RANKED REVEALS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
The borrowed name is part of the object’s history.
English kimchi directly continues Korean 김치; the graph refuses a deeper arrow until specialist evidence supports one.
김치 → kimchi
headword 김치 and definitionDirectly documents the living Korean word.
SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
How far beyond Korean 김치 can the trail securely go?
The reviewed sources establish English kimchi from Korean 김치. They do not establish a deeper lexical ancestor, so historical spellings or cultural antiquity are not promoted as a parent edge.
headword 김치Directly documents the living Korean form.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
kimchi → 김치
Present-Day English → Korean · borrowing
- SOUND
- English kimchi adapts Korean 김치 through the established romanized spelling; kimchee is a secondary English variant.
- MEANING
- The name of the fermented preparation travels with the food category.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster editors · National Institute of Korean Language
headword 김치 and definitionDirectly documents the living Korean form and food sense.
LEXICAL ATTESTATIONS
WITNESSES REPORTED BY THIS SOURCE
COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS
JOURNEY STAGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
Korean-speaking world
Documents the living Korean word.
headword 김치 and definition · broadNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
WORD-FAMILY REUSE
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