Hunminjeongeum - Kunminseion

Japanese: 訓民正音 - くんみんせいおん

During the reign of King Sejong of the Joseon Dynasty, the Korean national alphabet was created by incorporating Chinese phonetics and Mongolian characters.
It was promulgated as Hunminjeongeum in 1446. It is a linguistically excellent phonetic alphabet, originally consisting of 28 letters, but now it is used in combination with 24 letters, consisting of 10 vowels and 14 consonants. Its former name, Onmun, was a derogatory term for Chinese characters, and is now called Hangul (meaning great letters).

Source: Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition About Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition

Japanese:

李氏朝鮮の世宗のとき，中国の音韻やモンゴル文字などを取り入れて作られた朝鮮の国字
1446年訓民正音として公布された。言語学的にすぐれた表音文字で，初め28字あったが，現在は母音10，子音14の計24字を組み合わせて使っている。旧称の諺文 (おんもん) とは漢字に対して卑下した呼称で，現在はハングル（大いなる文字の意）と呼ぶ。

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