자석

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Korean

Etymology 1

자석(磁石) (jaseok, magnet).

Sino-Korean word from 磁石 (magnetite).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jaseok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jaseog
McCune–Reischauer?chasŏk
Yale Romanization?cāsek

Noun

자석 (jaseok) (hanja 磁石)

  1. magnet

Etymology 2

Noun

자석 (jaseok)

  1. Gyeongsang, Gangwon, and Jeolla dialect form of 자식(子息) (jasik, child)