경단

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 瓊團, from 瓊 (“elegant”) + 團 (“ball”).

Etymology

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹ŋda̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [경단]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gyeongdan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gyeongdan
McCune–Reischauer?	kyŏngdan
Yale Romanization?	kyengtan

Noun

경단 • (gyeongdan) (hanja 瓊團)

1. A kind of Korean rice cake consisting of balls of glutinous rice flour boiled and coated with various sweet toppings.

Hypernyms

• 떡 (tteok)

Derived terms

• 수수경단 (susugyeongdan)
• 찹쌀경단 (chapssalgyeongdan)