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{{Short description|Korean dish}}
{{Italic title|reason=foreign word}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox food
| name             = ''Gimbap''
| image            = Vegetable gimbap.jpg
| image_size       =
| caption          = Sliced vegetable gimbap
| alternate_name   =
| country          = Korea
| region           =
| national_cuisine =
| main_ingredient  = ''[[Gim (food)|Gim]]'', ''[[Bap (food)|bap]]''
| minor_ingredient =
| variations       = ''[[Chungmu-gimbap]]'', ''[[samgak-gimbap]]''
| serving_size     = 100 g
| calories         =
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{{Infobox Korean name
| title      = Korean name
| hangul     = 김밥
| rr         = gimbap
| mr         = kimbap
| koreanipa  = {{IPA|ko|ki(ː)m.bap̚|}}~{{IPA|ko|ki(ː)m.p͈ap̚|}}
}}

'''''Gimbap''''' ({{Korean|hangul=김밥|labels=|lit=seaweed rice}}; {{IPA|ko|kim.p͈ap̚|IPA}}), also romanized as '''''kimbap''''', is a [[Korean cuisine|Korean dish]] made from [[Bap (rice dish)|''bap'']] (cooked rice), vegetables, and optionally cooked seafood or meat, rolled in ''[[gim (food)|gim]]''—dried sheets of seaweed—and served in bite-sized slices.<ref name="NIKL">{{Cite web|url=https://www.korea.kr/common/download.do?fileId=183560360&tblKey=GMN|title=주요 한식명(200개) 로마자 표기 및 번역(영, 중, 일) 표준안|last=National Institute of Korean Language|date=30 July 2014|language=ko|access-date=15 February 2017|archive-date=23 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123095130/http://www.korean.go.kr/common/download.do?file_path=notice&c_file_name=140730_%ED%95%9C%EC%8B%9D%EB%AA%85_%EB%A1%9C%EB%A7%88%EC%9E%90_%ED%91%9C%EA%B8%B0_%EB%B0%8F_%ED%91%9C%EC%A4%80_%EB%B2%88%EC%97%AD_%ED%99%95%EC%A0%95%EC%95%88_.pdf&o_file_name=140730_%ED%95%9C%EC%8B%9D%EB%AA%85_%EB%A1%9C%EB%A7%88%EC%9E%90_%ED%91%9C%EA%B8%B0_%EB%B0%8F_%ED%91%9C%EC%A4%80_%EB%B2%88%EC%97%AD_%ED%99%95%EC%A0%95%EC%95%88_.pdf|url-status=live}}
* {{cite press release |date=2 May 2014 |script-title=ko:주요 한식명 로마자 표기 및 표준 번역 확정안 공지 |url=https://www.korean.go.kr/front/board/boardStandardView.do?board_id=4&mn_id=17&b_seq=1465 |website=[[National Institute of Korean Language]] |language=ko |access-date=11 June 2023 |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611145740/https://www.korean.go.kr/front/board/boardStandardView.do?board_id=4&mn_id=17&b_seq=1465 |url-status=live }}</ref> Some sources say it originates from Japanese [[norimaki]], introduced during [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese colonial rule]],<ref name="levinson encyc">{{cite book |title= Encyclopedia of Modern Asia: China-India relations to Hyogo |isbn= 0-684-80617-7 |first1= David |last1= Levinson |first2= Karen |last2= Christensen |publisher= Charles Scribner's Sons |year= 2002 |quote= This process was initiated during the Japanese occupation (1910-1945), when Western food and drink, such as bread, confectionery, and beer, became popular in Korean cities, and a Western-style food processing industry in Korea began. Some Japanese food items were also adopted into Korean cuisine at that time, such as tosirak (the assorted lunch box) and sushi rolled in sheets of seaweed, which was popular in Korea under the name kimbap. |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tlcOAQAAMAAJ&q=kimbap |access-date= 3 May 2021 |archive-date= 18 September 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230918140219/https://books.google.com/books?id=tlcOAQAAMAAJ&q=kimbap |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Algas/ Algae: Sabores Marinos Para Cocinar/ Marine Flavors for Cooking|first=Anne|last=Brunner|publisher=Editorial HISPANO EUROPEA|year=2011|isbn=978-84-255-1977-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WbdomL8utOIC&q=gimbaps+maki&pg=PT21|page=|quote=En Corea, los gimbaps son derivados de los maki sushis japoneses, pero generalmente estan rellenos de arroz con aceite de sesamo y carne. |trans-quote=In Korea, gimbap are derived from the Japanese maki sushi, but gimbap are usually stuffed with rice with sesame oil and meat.|language=es|access-date=3 May 2021|archive-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918140220/https://books.google.com/books?id=WbdomL8utOIC&q=gimbaps+maki&pg=PT21|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=244176&|script-title=ko:김밥 |trans-title=Gimbap |publisher=[[Encyclopedia of Korean Culture]] |quote=일본음식 김초밥에서 유래된 것으로 |trans-quote=(Gimbap is) derived from Japanese norimaki |language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324223631/http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=244176&|archive-date=24 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iFZKAQAAIAAJ&q=%22%EA%B9%80%EC%B4%88%EB%B0%A5%22+%22%EA%B9%80%EB%B0%A5%22|script-title=ko:우리 문화 길라 잡이: 한국인 이 꼭 알아야할 전통 문화 233가지|trans-title=Guide To Our Culture: 233 kinds of Korean traditional culture for you to know|author=국립국어연구원 [National Institute of Korean languages]|publisher=학고재 [Hakgojae]|year=2002|isbn=89-85846-97-3|quote=''일본 음식인 김초밥 에서 유래 한 것으로 ''|trans-quote=''(Gimbap is) derived from Japanese norimaki''|language=ko|page=479|access-date=3 May 2021|archive-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918140220/https://books.google.com/books?id=iFZKAQAAIAAJ&q=%22%EA%B9%80%EC%B4%88%EB%B0%A5%22+%22%EA%B9%80%EB%B0%A5%22|url-status=live}}</ref> while others argue it is a modernized version of ''bokssam'' from the [[Joseon era]].<ref name="Kim">{{Cite book|title=Yeoryang Sesigi|last=Kim|first=Maesun|year=1819|location=Joseon Korea|script-title=ko:열양세시기(洌陽歲時記)|trans-title=Records of Seasonal Festivities around the Capital}}</ref> The dish is often part of a packed meal, or ''[[dosirak]]'', to be eaten at picnics and outdoor events, and can serve as a light lunch along with ''[[danmuji]]'' (yellow pickled radish) and [[kimchi]]. It is a popular takeaway food in South Korea and abroad.<ref name="Alexander">{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-new-favourite-takeaway-been-7220373|title=UK's new favourite takeaway has been revealed – and it's not what you'd think|last=Alexander|first=Stian|date=21 January 2016|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=26 February 2017|archive-date=26 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926051925/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-new-favourite-takeaway-been-7220373|url-status=live}}</ref>