학문

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 學問.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hangmun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hagmun
McCune–Reischauer?hangmun
Yale Romanization?hakmun

Noun

학문 • (hangmun) (hanja 學問)

  1. learning
  2. knowledge
  3. academic discipline; branch of knowledge

Usage notes

Koreans, including university professors, often confuse the term 학문(學問) (hangmun, academic discipline) with its homonym 학문(學文) (hangmun, academic literature), so when they want to write the term 學問 (“academic discipline”) in Chinese characters, nine times out of ten, they mistakenly write the term 學文 (“academic literature”) instead.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 學文.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hangmun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hagmun
McCune–Reischauer?hangmun
Yale Romanization?hakmun

Noun

학문 • (hangmun) (hanja 學文)

  1. the study of Classical Chinese language and Classical Chinese literature
  2. the study of literature
  3. academic literature