국민학교

Korean

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 国 (こく)民 (みん)学 (がっ)校 (こう) (kokumingakkō), which substituted 소학교 (小學校, sohakgyo) between 1941-1947. Replaced by 초등학교 (chodeunghakgyo) in 1996 in order to liquidate remnants of colonial and militaristic influence by Japanese empire.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[kuŋminɦa̠k̚k͈jo]
  • Phonetic Hangul[궁민학꾜]
Revised Romanization? gungminhakgyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gugmin-haggyo
McCune–Reischauer? kungminhakkyo
Yale Romanization? kwukmin.hakqkyo

Noun

국민학교 • (gungminhakgyo) (hanja 國民學校)

  1. (South Korea, historical) elementary school

Synonyms
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