훈민정음

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 訓 (“to teach”) + 民 (“the people”) + 正 (“right”) + 音 (“sound”)

    Pronunciation

    • (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

    훈민정음 • (Hunminjeong'eum) (hanja 訓民正音)

    1. Hunmin Jeongeum (the book introducing the Korean script)

    Noun

    훈민정음 • (hunminjeong'eum) (hanja 訓民正音)

    1. (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
    2. 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
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