훈몽자회

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 訓 (“teach”) + 蒙 (“ignorant”) + 字 (“character”) + 會 (“to assemble, meet together”).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸʷu(ː)nmo̞ŋd͡ʑa̠βwe̞] ~ [ˈɸʷu(ː)nmo̞ŋd͡ʑa̠ɦø̞]
    • Phonetic hangul: [훈(ː)몽자훼/훈(ː)몽자회]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?Hunmongjahoe
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?Hunmongjahoe
    McCune–Reischauer?Hunmongjahoe
    Yale Romanization?hwūnmongcahoy

    Proper noun

    훈몽자회 • (Hunmongjahoe) (hanja 訓蒙字會)

    1. Collection of Characters for Training the Unenlightened: a 1527 book by Choe Sejin that defined the modern order and names of the hangeul letters as currently used in South Korea
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