산소

Korean

Chemical element
O
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Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 酸素 (“oxygen”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 酸(さん)素(そ) (sanso).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠nsʰo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [산소]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sanso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sanso
McCune–Reischauer?	sanso
Yale Romanization?	sanso

Noun

산소 • (sanso) (hanja 酸素)

1. oxygen

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 山所.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠nsʰo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [산소]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sanso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sanso
McCune–Reischauer?	sanso
Yale Romanization?	sanso

Noun

산소 • (sanso) (hanja 山所)

1. grave, tomb