화학

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 化學 (“chemistry”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸwa̠(ː)ɦa̠k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [화(ː)학]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hwahak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hwahag
McCune–Reischauer?hwahak
Yale Romanization?hwāhak

Noun

화학 • (hwahak) (hanja 化學)

  1. chemistry

Derived terms

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