입자

Korean

Alternative forms

• 립자 (ripja) (North Korea)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 粒子 (“particle”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ip̚t͡ɕ͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [입짜]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ipja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ibja
McCune–Reischauer?	ipcha
Yale Romanization?	ipca

Noun

입자 • (ipja) (hanja 粒子)

1. particle, grain

Derived terms

• 경입자 (輕粒子, gyeong'ipja, “lepton”)
• 뮤 입자 (뮤 粒子, myu ipja, “muon”)
• 입자가속기 (粒子加速器, ipjagasokgi, “particle accelerator”)
• 입자물리학 (粒子物理學, ipjamullihak, “particle physics”)