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)

(South Korea, historical) elementary school

Synonyms

초등학교 (chodeunghakgyo)