설탕

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 雪糖, from 雪 (“snow”) + 糖 (“sugar”)

and

Sino-Korean word from 屑 (“bits, fragments”) + 糖 (“sugar”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ɭtʰa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [설탕]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seoltang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seoltang
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏlt'ang
Yale Romanization?	sel.thang

Noun

설탕 • (seoltang) (hanja 雪糖)

1. sugar

Synonyms

• 사탕 (satang)

Derived terms

• 각설탕 (角雪糖, gakseoltang)
• 백설탕 (白雪糖, baekseoltang)
• 흑설탕 (黑雪糖, heukseoltang)

Related terms

• 설 (雪, seol, “snow”)
• 설 (屑, seol, “fragment”)
• 사 (砂, sa, “sand”)
• 당 (糖, dang, “saccharide, sugars”)

See also

• 자갈 (jagal, “gravel, pebble”)
• 가루 (garu, “powder, grits, grist”)
• 꿀 (kkul, “honey”)
• 엿 (yeot, “maltose, malt sugar”)
• 밀 (蜜, mil, “honey”)