연탄

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 煉炭, borrowed from Japan in the 1920s.

Pronunciation
South Korean
Standard Language		 연탄(煉炭) (yeontan)
North Korean
Standard Language		 련탄(煉炭) (ryeontan)
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)ntʰa̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [연(ː)탄]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeontan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeontan
McCune–Reischauer?yŏnt'an
Yale Romanization?yēnthan

Noun

연탄 • (yeontan) (hanja 煉炭)

  1. A type of coal briquette used for heating. Made from lignite coal and a gluing agent. It was a popular method of heating in Korea from the 1920s up until the late 1980s.
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