식자우환

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 識字憂患, from 識字 (“literacy”) + 憂患 (“misery”). Clipped from Literary Chinese 人生識字憂患始 (rénshēng shízì yōuhuàn shǐ, “misery of life start at literacy”), a line in the Chinese poem 石蒼舒醉墨堂 by Su Shi (蘇軾).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɕʰik̚t͡ɕ͈a̠uβwa̠n]
    • Phonetic hangul: [식짜우환]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?sikjauhwan
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?sigjauhwan
    McCune–Reischauer?sikchauhwan
    Yale Romanization?sikcawuhwan

    Noun

    식자우환 • (sikjauhwan) (hanja 識字憂患)

    1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) misery brought by literacy; ignorance is bliss
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