Korean slang profile
비케이이십일
bikeiisipil
Brain Korea 21 project
In the source, an abbreviation for the 두뇌 한국 21 project promoting advanced workforce development centered on graduate schools.
- Expanded form
- Brain Korea 21Brain Korea 21
- Other spellings
- BK21, BK 21
- Earliest source found
- Dec 28, 2001
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
비케이이십일 사업을 다룬 당시 자료를 읽었다.
I read material from the time about the 비케이이십일 project.
02Documented history
- 2001The 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』 lists the spelling and meaning of “비케이이십일”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The source gives the abbreviated structure of “Brain Korea 21” and the meaning of “비케이이십일” together. This was checked in the body of the 국립국어연구원’s 『2001년 신어』. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The definitions in the body of the 2001 collection were compared. The collection also includes previously used words absent from dictionaries. The original older articles re-quoted there were not separately opened, and neither the first use date nor the extent of spread at the time was verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2001년 신어 — 신어 목록 165쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 28, 2001Original source checked Nov 15, 2026