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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 大學, from 大 (“great”) + 學 (“learning”)
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | daehak |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | daehag |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | taehak |
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| Yale Romanization? | tāyhak |
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Noun
대학 • (daehak) (hanja 大學)
- college, university
Proper noun
대학 • (Daehak)
- Great Learning (one of the Four Books of Confucianism)
Coordinate terms
사서오경 (
四書五經,
Saseoogyeong, “Four Books and Five Classics”)
사서 (
四書,
Saseo, “Four Books”)
- 대학 (大學, Daehak, “Great Learning”)
- 중용 (中庸, Jung'yong, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
- 논어 (論語, Noneo, “Analects”)
- 맹자 (孟子, Maengja, “Mencius”)
오경 (
五經,
Ogyeong, “Five Classics”)
- 시경 (詩經, Sigyeong, “Classic of Poetry”)
- 서경 (書經, Seogyeong, “Book of Documents”)
- 예기 (禮記, Yegi, “Book of Rites”)
- 역경 (易經, Yeokgyeong, “I Ching”)
- 춘추 (春秋, Chunchu, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)