광석

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 鑛石 (“ore”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkwa̠(ː)ŋsʰʌ̹k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [광(ː)석]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gwangseok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwangseog
McCune–Reischauer?kwangsŏk
Yale Romanization?kwāngsek

Noun

광석 • (gwangseok) (hanja 鑛石)

  1. ore
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