유밀과

Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 油蜜菓, from 油 (“oil”) + 蜜 (“honey; sweet”) + 菓 (“sweet, confection”).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?yumilgwa
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?yumilgwa
    McCune–Reischauer?yumilgwa
    Yale Romanization?yumil.kwa

    Noun

    유밀과 • (yumilgwa) (hanja 油蜜菓)

    1. Korean confection made by deep-frying pieces of dried wheat or rice dough, soaking them in honey or 조청(造清) (jocheong, “rice syrup”), and sprinkling them with rice crispies, sesame seeds, and other toppings
      Synonym: 약과(藥果) (yakgwa)
      Hypernym: 과자(菓子) (gwaja)
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