여과

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 濾過, from 濾 (“cleaning”) + 過 (“passing”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)ɡwa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [여(ː)과]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeogwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeogwa
McCune–Reischauer?yŏgwa
Yale Romanization?yēkwa

Noun

여과 • (yeogwa) (hanja 濾過)

  1. filtration

Derived terms
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