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