국민학교

Korean

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 国民学校, which substituted 小学校 between 1941-1947. Replaced by 초등학교 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)

(South Korea, nonstandard) elementary school

Synonyms

초등학교 (chodeunghakgyo)

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