초등 교과서 漢字倂記의 必要性

Abstract

This paper is to survey if the plan of Ministry of Education to adopt ‘Chinese characters parallel-writing’ in textbooks of primary school from the year 2018 is valid and appropriate. First of all, I examined what is the purposes of King Sejong who has invented Hunminjeongum(Korean Alphabet). And the results are as follows: Firstly, the class using Hunminjeongum is limited as ‘ignorants’. Secondly, the vocabulary for correct pronunciation of a word is limited as ‘native words’. Thirdly, correct pronunciation of a word is used as only a ‘phonetic sign’ instead of letter itself in case of Chinese characters. After King Sejong had invented Hunminjeongum, he composed many literary works by the use of Chinese characters along with Korean language. Through these works he has showed the fact that “the letters of Chinese characters are Chinese characters, and those of native words are Hangeul”. In this respect, Framework Act on the National Language is very wrong, because the Act goes against the purpose of Hunminjeongum. Consequently, Framework Act on the National Language must be changed into the use of Chinese characters along with Korean language instead of exclusive use of Hangeul. It is wrong to prohibit ‘Chinese characters parallel-writing’ in primary school, because it is impossible to look up the Chinese characters written in only Hangeul in Korean dictionary. That is to say, in this case it becomes very difficult to look up an adequate vocabulary if it is a homonym. Therefore, it is right and suitable to admit ‘Chinese characters parallel-writing’ in textbooks of primary school.