Choe Sejin
This is a Korean name; the family name is Choe.
| Choe Sejin | |
| Hangul | 최세진 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 崔世珍 |
| Revised Romanization | Choe Se(-)jin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Sejin |
Choe Sejin (1473–1542) was a Korean linguist, educator, and a proponent of hangul during the Joseon Dynasty. He is of the Goesan Choe clan and courtesy name was Gongseo (공서; 公瑞).[1]
Choe devised the modern South Korean order of the hangul letters, and assigned names to the letters. His most famous book on hangul is the Hunmong Jahoe (훈몽자회; 訓蒙字會 "Collection of Characters for Training the Unenlightened (= Kids)", 1527).
Choe was an official interpreter in the Korean embassies in Beijing, and so he also documented colloquial northern Chinese languages (Haner).
See also
- List of Korea-related topics
- History of Korea
- Joseon Dynasty
References
- ↑ 최세진 崔世珍 [Choe Se-jin] (in Korean). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. Retrieved 2009-09-18.