화산

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 火山, from 火 (“fire”) + 山 (“mountain”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸwa̠(ː)sʰa̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [화(ː)산]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hwasan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hwasan
McCune–Reischauer?hwasan
Yale Romanization?hwāsan

Noun

화산 • (hwasan) (hanja 火山)

  1. volcano

Derived terms

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