탄소

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Korean

Chemical element
C
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Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 炭素, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese (たん)() (tanso).

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?tanso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tanso
McCune–Reischauer?t'anso
Yale Romanization?thānso

Noun

탄소 (tanso) (hanja 炭素)

  1. carbon (element)

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