광업

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 鑛業 (“mining”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈkwa̠(ː)ŋʌ̹p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [광(ː)업]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gwang'eop
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gwang'eob
McCune–Reischauer?	kwangŏp
Yale Romanization?	kwāngep

Noun

광업 • (gwang'eop) (hanja 鑛業)

1. mining