训民正音

Traditional form:

訓民正音

Pinyin (reading):

Xùnmín Zhèngyīn

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 训 - to teach, to instruct; pattern, example; exegesis
• 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people
• 正 - straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation

Traditional characters:

• 訓 - to teach, to instruct; pattern, example; exegesis
• 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people
• 正 - straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation