onmun
(ˈɒnmʊn)
[Korean, ad. Chinese yên say(ing) + wên letter, language.]
= hangul2.
| 1948 D. Diringer Alphabet 443 The Christian missionaries, who were the first to realise that Ön-mun was better adapted to their use than the cumbersome Chinese characters. 1950 G. M. McCune Korea Today vi. 94 Fifteen million textbooks written in the native {Obreve}nmun alphabet for use in the elementary schools. 1951 [see hangul2]. |