화약

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 火藥 (“gunpowder”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸwa̠(ː)ja̠k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [화(ː)약]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hwayak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hwayag
McCune–Reischauer?hwayak
Yale Romanization?hwā.yak

Noun

화약 • (hwayak) (hanja 火藥)

  1. gunpowder
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