훈민정음
Korean
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Etymology
[edit]Sino-Korean word from 訓 (“to teach”) + 民 (“the people”) + 正 (“right”) + 音 (“sound”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸʷu(ː)nmiɲd͡ʑʌ̹ŋɯm]
- Phonetic hangul: [훈(ː)민정음]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | hunminjeong'eum |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | hunminjeong'eum |
| McCune–Reischauer? | hunminjŏngŭm |
| Yale Romanization? | hwūnmin.cengum |
Proper noun
[edit]훈민정음 • (Hunminjeong'eum) (hanja 訓民正音)
- Hunmin Jeongeum (the book introducing the Korean script)
Noun
[edit]훈민정음 • (hunminjeong'eum) (hanja 訓民正音)
- (higher register or historical) hangul, the Korean script, especially in its Middle Korean form
- Synonyms: 한글 (han'geul), 조선글 (joseon'geul); see also Thesaurus:한글
- a Korean drinking game where one must drink whenever one uses a 외래어(外來語) (oeraeeo), i.e. a non-native and non-Sino-Korean loanword such as from English