분자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 分子, from 分 (“to divide”) + 子. Borrowed from Japanese 分子 (bunshi), from Middle Chinese 分子 (pjun tsiX).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [puɲd͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [분자]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bunja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bunja
McCune–Reischauer?	punja
Yale Romanization?	pun.ca

Noun

분자 • (bunja) (hanja 分子)

1. (chemistry) molecule
2. (arithmetic) numerator
3. (politics) element, faction

   당내의 반동 분자를 일소해야 한다.

   dangnae-ui bandong bunja-reul ilsohaeya handa.

   We must cleanse the party of its reactionary element.

Derived terms

• 생체분자 (生體分子, saengchebunja, “biomolecule”)