연탄

Korean

연탄 (yeontan)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

연탄 • (yeontan) (hanja 煉炭)

1. 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.