대학

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 大學, from 大 (“great”) + 學 (“learning”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)ɦa̠k̚] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)ɦa̠k̚]

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• Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)학/데(ː)학]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	daehak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	daehag
McCune–Reischauer?	taehak
Yale Romanization?	tāyhak

Noun

대학 • (daehak) (hanja 大學)

1. college, university

Proper noun

대학 • (Daehak)

1. 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”)