그림
geurim · TOPIK 1
picture, drawing
🖼️🖌️ geurim: from 그리다 (geurida, to draw) + noun ending -ㅁ = a thing drawn
Korean turns verbs into nouns by adding -ㅁ to the stem. 그리다 (to draw) has the stem 그리, so 그리 + ㅁ = 그림, literally a drawing. Same pattern: 자다 (to sleep) gives 잠 (sleep), and 추다 (to dance) gives 춤 (dance).