연필

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 鉛筆, from 鉛 (“lead”) + 筆 (“writing brush”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鉛筆(えんぴつ) (enpitsu).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹npʰiɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [연필]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	yeonpil
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	yeonpil
McCune–Reischauer^?	yŏnp'il
Yale Romanization^?	yenphil

Noun

연필 • (yeonpil) (counter 자루, hanja 鉛筆)

a pencil (graphite writing instrument)

Derived terms

연필꽂이 (yeonpilkkoji, “pencil holder”)
연필깎이 (yeonpilkkakki, “pencil sharpener”)

See also

펜 (pen, “pen”)
종이 (jong'i, “paper”)

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