Hunmin Jeongeum Haerye

Hunmin Jeongeum Haerye
Korean Name
Revised Romanization	Hunmin Jeongeum Haerye
McCune-Reischauer	Hunmin Chŏngŭm Haerye
Hangul	훈민 정음 해례
Hanja	訓民正音解例

Hunmin Jeongeum Haerye (lit. Explanations and Examples of the Correct/Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People), also called and translated as the "Haerye Edition of Hunmin jeong-eum" (훈민 정음 해례본; 訓民正音解例本), nicknamed "The Haerye," is a commentary document to Hunmin Jeongeum on the science of Hangul. It was written by scholars from the Hall of Worthies (Jiphyeonjeon), commissioned by King Sejong the Great. In addition to an introduction by Sejong (excerpt from the beginning of Hunmin Jeongeum) and a colophon by the scholar Jeong Inji (鄭麟趾), it contains the following chapters:

1. "An Explanation of the Design of the Letters" (制字解)
2. "An Explanation of the Initials" (初聲解)
3. "An Explanation of the Medials" (中聲解)
4. "An Explanation of the Finals" (終聲解)
5. "An Explanation of the Combination the Letters" (合字解)
6. "Examples of the Uses of the Letters" (用字例)

See Hangul#Jamo for an excerpt of the letter design explanations from chapters 2 through 4.

The original publication is 65 pages of Hanja in Regular Style, except where Hangul are mentioned and illustrated. Only one original copy exists, which was made public in 1940 by Jeon Hyongpil, an antique collector who acquired it from Lee Hangeol (1880-1950), whose family had possessed it for generations. The Haerye is Korean national treasure number 432.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics