Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 鑛山 (mine)

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkwa̠(ː)ŋsʰa̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gwangsan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwangsan
McCune–Reischauer?kwangsan
Yale Romanization?kwāngsan

Noun edit

광산 (gwangsan) (hanja 鑛山)

  1. mine (place from which ore is extracted)