학문

Sino-Korean word from 學問.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠ŋmun]
• Phonetic hangul: [항문]

• Homophone: 항문 (hangmun)

학문 • (hangmun) (hanja 學問)

1. learning
2. knowledge
3. academic discipline; branch of knowledge

Koreans, including university professors, often confuse the term 학문(學問) (hangmun, “academic discipline”) with its homonym 학문(學文) (hangmun, “academic literature”), so when they want to write the term 學問 (“academic discipline”) in Chinese characters, nine times out of ten, they mistakenly write the term 學文 (“academic literature”) instead.

Sino-Korean word from 學文.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠ŋmun]
• Phonetic hangul: [항문]

학문 • (hangmun) (hanja 學文)

1. the study of Classical Chinese language and Classical Chinese literature
2. the study of literature
3. academic literature

• 문(文) (mun, “writing”)
• 문학(文學) (munhak, “literature”)
• 학문(學問) (hangmun, “learning; knowledge”)