Still widely used in classical Chinese and formal contexts, though in modern Korean journalism often replaced by A씨, B씨 for anonymity.

Compound of 木 (나무 목, “tree”) + 甘 (달 감, “sweet”).
Originally meant plum tree.
Later borrowed (假借) for the abstract sense “a certain, someone, anonymous person”.
The botanical meaning was taken over by 梅 (매, plum tree).

某人 (모인) — someone, a certain person
某處 (모처) — a certain place
某日 (모일) — a certain day
某事 (모사) — a certain matter
김某씨 — Mr. Kim So-and-so (anonymous individual, name concealed)

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Vocabulary

east, the eastern direction

pine tree

plank, board, panel

to split, to divide, to separate, to analyze, to distinguish, to break apart

single, piece, stem

fruit, result, outcome, decisive, resolute

branch, twig, offshoot, to divide, to branch out

rack, stand, prop, frame, framework

someone, a certain person, anonymous reference

pillar, post, column, to support, to hold up

to investigate, to examine, to check, to look into

root, foundation, basis, origin, cause, to take root

form, standard, rule, style, pattern

table, desk, plan, proposal, to think, to consider

branch, twig, item

to abandon, to discard, to give up, to throw away

board game, chess, Go

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