탄소

Korean

Chemical element
C
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Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 炭素, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese (たん)() (tanso).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtʰa̠(ː)nsʰo̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tanso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tanso
McCune–Reischauer?t'anso
Yale Romanization?thānso

Noun

탄소 • (tanso) (hanja 炭素)

  1. carbon (element)

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