경단

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 瓊團, from (elegant) + (ball).

Etymology

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gyeongdan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gyeongdan
McCune–Reischauer?kyŏngdan
Yale Romanization?kyengtan

Noun

경단 • (gyeongdan) (hanja 瓊團)

  1. A kind of Korean rice cake consisting of balls of glutinous rice flour boiled and coated with various sweet toppings.

Hypernyms

Derived terms

  • 수수경단 (susugyeongdan)
  • 찹쌀경단 (chapssalgyeongdan)
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