연필

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 鉛筆, from 鉛 (“lead”) + 筆 (“writing brush”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鉛筆(えんぴつ) (enpitsu).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹npʰiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [연필]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeonpil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeonpil
McCune–Reischauer?	yŏnp'il
Yale Romanization?	yenphil

Noun

연필 • (yeonpil) (counter 자루, hanja 鉛筆)

1. a pencil (graphite writing instrument)

Derived terms

• 연필꽂이 (yeonpilkkoji, “pencil holder”)
• 연필깎이 (yeonpilkkakki, “pencil sharpener”)

See also

• 펜 (pen, “pen”)
• 종이 (jong'i, “paper”)