석감

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 石鹼, from 石 (“stone”) + 鹼 (“alkali”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 石鹸(せっけん) (sekken).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹k̚k͈a̠m]
• Phonetic hangul: [석깜]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seokgam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seoggam
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏkkam
Yale Romanization?	sek.kam

Noun

석감 • (seokgam) (hanja 石鹼)

1. soap

Synonyms

• 비누 (binu)