Hunmin Jeongeum

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Hunmin Jeongeum

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Borrowed from Korean 훈민정음(訓民正音) (Hunminjeong'eum), literally "correct sounds to educate the people".

noun

  1. historical, uncountable The phonetic script in which Korean is written, now usually called hangul. This setting was the same in the Revised Nogeoldae, corrected during the King Seongjong (成宗), and was also the same in Translated Nogeoldae and Nogeoldae Eonhae, which Korean Hangeul (Hunmin Jeongeum) pronunciations and interpretations are added based on Revised Nogeoldae.

proper noun

  1. A book published in Korea in the 15th century, outlining the phonetic script in which Korean is now usually written.

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name Translations

한국어훈민정음 hunminjeong'eum
日本語訓民正音 Kunmin Seion
中文訓民正音 /训民正音 Xùnmín-Zhèngyīn
Tiếng ViệtHuấn dân chính âm

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@misc{hunmin_jeongeum_2026,
  title = {Hunmin Jeongeum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hunmin%20jeongeum},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}