Meanings
- historicaluncountableThe phonetic script in which Korean is written, now usually called hangul.
Hunmin-jeongeum (the original name for Hangul) kept coming to mind.
2009, Buddhism and Culture - Issues 1-3, page 612 more examples
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.
2003, Gregory K.. Iverson, Ahn Sang-Cheol, Explorations in Korean Language and Linguistics, page 41Research on Hunmin Jeongeum as the archetype of the current Korean script is practically nonexistent, to the extent that Japanese research on the subject is highly acclaimed.
2013, The Korea Foundation, Korea Focus - February 2013
- A book published in Korea in the 15th century, outlining the phonetic script in which Korean is now usually written.
Origin
- Korean훈민정음(訓民正音)
- EnglishHunmin Jeongeum
Borrowed from Korean 훈민정음(訓民正音) (Hunminjeong'eum), literally "correct sounds to educate the people".
More words from Korean
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Chinese Cantonese 訓民正音 /训民正音
- 訓民正音 /训民正音Translations
Chinese Mandarin 訓民正音 /训民正音
- 訓民正音 /训民正音 (Xùnmín-Zhèngyīn)Translations
Japanese 訓民正音
- 訓民正音 (Kunmin Seion)Translations
Korean 훈민정음
- 훈민정음 (hunminjeong'eum)Translations
Vietnamese Huấn dân chính âm
- Huấn dân chính âmTranslations
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Hunmin Jeongeum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hunmin%20Jeongeum
“Hunmin Jeongeum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hunmin%20Jeongeum. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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