연필

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 鉛筆, from 鉛 (“lead”) + 筆 (“writing brush”). Borrowed from Japanese 鉛筆 (enpitsu)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[jʌ̹npʰiɭ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[연필]
Revised Romanization? yeonpil
Revised Romanization (translit.)? yeonpil
McCune–Reischauer? yŏnp'il
Yale Romanization? yenphil

Noun

연필 • (yeonpil) (hanja 鉛筆)

  1. a pencil (graphite writing-instrument)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.