음훈

Korean

Examples

人, 사람 인 (saram in) 사람 (saram) means “person”; it is the 훈 (訓, hun, “interpretation”). 인 (in) is the Sino-Korean pronunciation of the Chinese character 人 (“person”); it is the 음 (音, eum, “pronunciation”). 法, 법 법 (beop beop) 법 (beop) means “law”; it is the 훈 (訓, hun, “interpretation”). Note that 법 (beop) is a Sino-Korean word, its origin being precisely the character 法. 법 (beop) is the Sino-Korean pronunciation of the Chinese character 法 (“law”); it is the 음 (音, eum, “pronunciation”).

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 音訓, from 音 (“sound; pronunciation”) + 訓 (“interpretation”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɯmβun]
• Phonetic hangeul: [음훈]

Revised Romanization? eumhun Revised Romanization (translit.)? eumhun McCune–Reischauer? ŭmhun Yale Romanization? umhwun

Noun

음훈 • (eumhun) (hanja 音訓)

1. reading of the sound and meaning of a hanja together, “eumhun”
2. both the native translation and the Sino-Korean pronunciation of a hanja, additively displayed in that order so as to help learn its meaning and sound

Related terms

• 음독 (音讀, eumdok, “phonetic reading”)
• 훈독 (訓讀, hundok, “semantic reading”)

See also

• 의미 (意味, uimi, “meaning; signification”)
• 해석 (解釋, haeseok, “interpretation; translation; exegesis”)