「한국한자어사전」에 수용된 이두·구결·차자어의 구성과 출전문헌

Abstract

This article is to analyze the data on entry words of yidu, gugyeol, and chaja listed in the Dictionary of Korean-Chinese Characters. The analytical targets are about compositions and arrangements of entry words of yidu, gugyeol, and chaja, and criteria and boundary of their sources. The total number of entry words listed in the Dictionary of Korean-Chinese Characters are 89,705. Among them, yidu, gugyeol, and chaja words are 4,475, which is about 5% of total entries. Yidu words are 31.88%, gugyeol 7.79%, and chaja 60.31%. These yidu, gugyeol, and chaja words are arranged not in accordance with their original pronunciations but with the pronunciations of their written Chinese characters. It is because the arrangement by their original pronunciations may cause confusion in search process as the Dictionary of Korean-Chinese Characters contains not only them but also other general Sino-Korean words. The number of sources that the Dictionary of Korean-Chinese Characters refers in order to collect yidu, gugyeol, and chaja words is 227. The total 6,717 cases in which the dictionary refers the 227 sources for 4,475 entry words are counted. Besides, chronological tendency of sources referred in order to list yidu, gugyeol, and chaja words in the Dictionary of Korean-Chinese Characters is examined. The 8th century’s Gaenyeonggalhangsaseoktapgi(開寧葛項寺石塔記) used for yidu words is the earliest text of all referred for yidu, gugyeol, and chaja words. The most frequently referred texts are those of 19th century: they are referred in 1,573 cases from 60 sources. Amongst the total 227 sources, 14th century’s Daemyeongryuljikhae(大明律直解) is referred in 641 cases which is the most frequency.