Chinese

Noun

頁岩

1. schist; shale

Synonyms

• 泥板岩 (níbǎnyán)
• 片岩 (piànyán)

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 頁岩 ‎(ɦet̚ ŋˠam).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) けつ​がん [kètsúꜜgàǹ] (Nakadaka - [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞t͡sɯᵝɡ̃ã̠ɴ]

Noun

頁岩 ‎(hiragana けつがん, romaji ketsugan)

1. shale

Synonyms

• 泥板岩 (でいばんがん) ‎(deibangan)

Derived terms

• 含油頁岩 (がんゆけつがん) ‎(gan'yu ketsugan, “oil shale”)
• 頁岩油 (けつがんゆ) ‎(ketsugan'yu, “shale oil”)
• 石油頁岩 (せきゆけつがん) ‎(sekiyu ketsugan, “oil shale”)
• 油頁岩 (ゆけつがん) ‎(yuketsugan, “oil shale”)
• 油母頁岩 (ゆぼけつがん) ‎(yubo ketsugan, “oil shale”)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

頁岩 • ‎(hyeoram) ‎(hangeul 혈암)

1. Hanja form^? of 혈암, “shale”.