page_title: Hunminjeongeum Haerye
hierarchical_section_title: Hunminjeongeum Haerye
caption_attribution_description: English: Replica of Hunmin Jeongeum Haerye, the book in which the creation of hangul is explained. Picture taken at the National Museum Korea in Seoul. Hunmin Jeongeum Haerye is designated as the 70th National treasure of South Korea.
context_page_description: Hunminjeongeum Haerye, or simply Haerye, is a commentary on the Hunminjeongeum, the original promulgation of hangul. The Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon is the printed edition—bon means "book" or "edition".
  It was written by scholars from the Jiphyeonjeon, commissioned by King Sejong the Great. In addition to an introduction by Sejong and a colophon by the scholar Jeong Inji, it contains the following chapters:
  "An Explanation of the Design of the Letters"
  "An Explanation of the Initials"
  "An Explanation of the Medials"
  "An Explanation of the Finals"
  "An Explanation of the Combination of the Letters"
  "Examples of the Uses of the Letters"
  See Hangul letter design for an excerpt of the letter design explanations from chapters 2 through 4.
  The original publication is 65 pages printed in hanja with right-to-left vertical writing as is the case for all the ancient Korean literature in regular script, except where Hangul are mentioned and illustrated. One original copy was made public in 1940 by Jeon Hyeongpil, an antique collector who acquired it from Lee Hangeol, whose family had possessed it for generations. Another incomplete copy was reported to be found 2008.
context_section_description: Hunminjeongeum Haerye (Hanja: 訓民正音解例; literally: "Explanations and Examples of the Correct/Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People"), or simply Haerye, is a commentary on the Hunminjeongeum, the original promulgation of hangul. The Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon (訓民正音解例本) is the printed edition—bon (本) means "book" or "edition".
  It was written by scholars from the Jiphyeonjeon (Hall of Worthies), commissioned by King Sejong the Great. In addition to an introduction by Sejong (excerpted from the beginning of Hunminjeongeum) and a colophon by the scholar Jeong Inji (鄭麟趾), it contains the following chapters:
  "An Explanation of the Design of the Letters" (制字解)
  "An Explanation of the Initials" (初聲解)
  "An Explanation of the Medials" (中聲解)
  "An Explanation of the Finals" (終聲解)
  "An Explanation of the Combination of the Letters" (合字解)
  "Examples of the Uses of the Letters" (用字例)
  See Hangul letter design for an excerpt of the letter design explanations from chapters 2 through 4.
  The original publication is 65 pages printed in hanja with right-to-left vertical writing as is the case for all the ancient Korean literature in regular script, except where Hangul are mentioned and illustrated. One original copy was made public in 1940 by Jeon Hyeongpil, an antique collector who acquired it from Lee Hangeol (1880–1950), whose family had possessed it for generations. Another incomplete copy was reported to be found 2008.
  Now kept in the Kansong Art Museum (간송 미술관; 澗松美術館), it is South Korean National Treasure No. 70 and has been a UNESCO Memory of the World Register since October 1997.
caption: Hunminjeongeum Haerye uses right-to-left vertical writing. Here it explains the shapes of the basic consonants.
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