국민학교

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 國民學校, from 國民 (“citizen”) + 學校 (“school”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 国民学校(こくみんがっこう) (kokumin gakkō), which was used for "elementary school" between 1941 and 1947. It was replaced with 초등학교(初等學校) (chodeunghakgyo) in 1996 in order to eliminate Japanese linguistic influence, but some older speakers continue to prefer this term.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kuŋminɦa̠k̚k͈jo]
    • Phonetic hangul: [궁민학꾜]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?gungminhakgyo
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?gugminhaggyo
    McCune–Reischauer?kungminhakkyo
    Yale Romanization?kwukmin.hak.kyo

    Noun

    국민학교 • (gungminhakgyo) (hanja 國民學校)

    1. (South Korea, historical or dated) elementary school
      Synonym: 초등학교(初等學校) (chodeunghakgyo)
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