훈몽자회

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɸʷuːnmo̞ŋd͡ʑa̠βwe̞] ~ [ˈɸʷuːnmo̞ŋd͡ʑa̠ɦø̞]
• Phonetic hangeul: [훈ː몽자훼/훈ː몽자회]

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