광산

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 鑛山 (“mine”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkwa̠(ː)ŋsʰa̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [광(ː)산]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gwangsan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwangsan
McCune–Reischauer?kwangsan
Yale Romanization?kwāngsan

Noun

광산 • (gwangsan) (hanja 鑛山)

  1. mine (place from which ore is extracted)
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