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訓民正音

简训民正音 · 繁訓民正音

Mandarin · pinyin Xùn mín Zhèng yīn

Korean text HunMin JongUm promulgated by Sejong Daewang in 1418 to introduce hangeul

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民: mín · people, subjects, citizens
正: zhèng · right, proper, correct
音: yīn · sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation; Kangxi radical 180
训: xùn · teach, instruct; exegesis

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4–2–4–1 · Xun4 min2 Zheng4 yin1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fan3 man4 zing3 jam1

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(historical) Hunmin Jeongeum (document introducing the hangul script for Korean in 1446)
(obsolete) Alternative name for 諺文／谚文 (yànwén, “hangul”).

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