Hunmin Jeongeum Haerye

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Hunmin Jeongeum Haerye
Hangul:	훈민정음 해례
Hanja:	訓民正音解例
Revised Romanization:	Hunmin Jeong-eum Haerye
McCune-Reischauer:	Hunmin Chŏng-ŭm Haerye

Hunmin Jeong-eum Haerye (lit. "Explanations and Examples of the Correct/Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People"), also called the Haerye Edition of Hunmin Jeong-eum or simply The Haerye, is a commentary on the Hunmin Jeong-eum, the original promulgation of Hangul.

It was written by scholars from the Jiphyeonjeon (Hall of Worthies), commissioned by King Sejong the Great. In addition to an introduction by Sejong (excerpted from the beginning of Hunmin Jeong-eum) and a colophon by the scholar Jeong Inji (鄭麟趾), it contains the following chapters:

"An Explanation of the Design of the Letters" (制字解)
"An Explanation of the Initials" (初聲解)
"An Explanation of the Medials" (中聲解)
"An Explanation of the Finals" (終聲解)
"An Explanation of the Combination the Letters" (合字解)
"Examples of the Uses of the Letters" (用字例)

See Hangul#Jamo for an excerpt of the letter design explanations from chapters 2 through 4.

The original publication is 65 pages of hanja in regular script, except where Hangul are mentioned and illustrated. Only one original copy exists, which was made public in 1940 by Jeon Hyeongpil, an antique collector who acquired it from Lee Hangeol (1880-1950), whose family had possessed it for generations. The Haerye is Korean national treasure number 432.