朝鮮時代 初學書 漢字音 初聲 硏究

Abstract

The basic textbooks for learning Chinese Characters, Hun-mong-ja-hoe(≪訓蒙字 會≫), Xin-jeong-eu-hap(≪新增類合≫), Cheon-ja-mun(≪千字文≫), was the most popular and used frequently by the people of Chosun dynasty. Since these textbooks includes the basic sets of Chinese Characters, we can get the historical changes of Sino-Korean through analysing the sound of the Chinese Characters on these textbooks. According to our research, the initial sounds of Hun-mong-ja-hoe(≪訓蒙字會≫), Xin-jeong-eu-hap(≪新增類合≫), Cheon-ja-mun(≪千 字文≫) have 14 consonants, ‘ㄱ’, ‘ㄴ’, ‘ㄷ’, ‘ㄹ’, ‘ㅁ’, ‘ㅂ’, ‘ㅅ’, ‘ㅇ’, ‘ㅈ’, ‘ㅊ’, ‘ㅋ’ (≪新增類合≫‘快’),‘ㅌ’, ‘ㅍ’, ‘ㅎ’, ‘ㅿ’(≪訓蒙字會≫), as for various versions of these basic textbooks on 16, 17, 18 century. The initial sounds of Hun-mong-ja-hoe(≪訓蒙字會≫), Xin-jeong-eu-hap(≪新增類合 ≫), Cheon-ja-mun(≪千字文≫), which was marked by Hun-min-jeong-eum of 17-18 century editions are different in some points with those of 16 century, such as palatal initials and semi-dental sound, ‘ㄹ’and ‘ㄴ’, ‘ㄱ’and ‘ㅎ’, additionally, we have found ‘ㅺ’, ‘ㅽ’, ‘ㅆ’used as the initial sound. In addition to that, the initial sounds of Chinese Characters of these basic textbooks are reflecting Ancient, Medieval, Modern Phonetics of Chinese and this will be a part of evidences help us to find the derivation of sino-Korean.