연탄

Korean

연탄 (yeontan)

Sino-Korean word from 煉炭, borrowed from Japan in the 1920s.

South Korean Standard Language	연탄(煉炭) (yeontan)
North Korean Standard Language	련탄(煉炭) (ryeontan)

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)ntʰa̠n]
Phonetic hangul: [연(ː)탄]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	yeontan
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	yeontan
McCune–Reischauer^?	yŏnt'an
Yale Romanization^?	yēnthan

연탄 • (yeontan) (hanja 煉炭)

A type of coal briquette used for heating. Made from lignite coal and a gluing agent. It was a popular method of heating in Korea from the 1920s up until the late 1980s.