분자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 分子, from 分 (“to divide”) + 子. Borrowed from Japanese 分子 (bunshi), from Middle Chinese 分子 (pjun tsiX).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bunja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bunja
McCune–Reischauer?punja
Yale Romanization?pun.ca

Noun

분자 • (bunja) (hanja 分子)

  1. (chemistry) molecule
  2. (arithmetic) numerator
  3. (politics) element, faction
    당내의 반동 분자를 일소해야 한다.
    dangnae-ui bandong bunja-reul ilsohaeya handa.
    We must cleanse the party of its reactionary element.

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