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Study on establishment of representative renderings of Chinese characters for education
Journal of Korean Classical Chinese Literature
Abbr :
한문고전연구
2012, 24(1), pp.345-378
DOI : 10.18213/jkccl.2012.24.1.011
Publisher : The Classical Chinese Literature Association of Korea
Research Area : Korean Language and Literature
2012, 24(1), pp.345-378
DOI : 10.18213/jkccl.2012.24.1.011
Publisher : The Classical Chinese Literature Association of Korea
Research Area : Korean Language and Literature
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Daepyohun (representative rendering) of Chinese characters is established to decrease the confusion of learners by presenting one meaning for one character rather than multiple meanings. The purpose is to protect the traditional method to learn the Chinese characters. Under the condition where the academic background of exegetics was weak, the representative renderings that(incorporated association) Korean language literature council and(incorporated association) Institute of traditional Culture established in 2000 was the best. However, since representative rendering was established, some papers were published to demand that the representative renderings should be changed, single rendering(one meaning) and multiple rendering(two or more meaning) should be established, respectively and the narrative from should be changed. The reason is that the definition and the principle of establishment are insufficient in view of exegetics. The exegetics claimed that array of uihang(items presenting the meaning of Chinese character) in Chinese dictionary should have Bonui(the first meaning that Chinese character has), Inshinui(the meaning derived from the first meaning) and Gachaui(the meaning borrowing other character which has the same pronunciation regardless of Bonui or Inshinui) in orders. Since representative renderings cannot present them all and pick the most representative one, Bonui should be selected for representative rendering. If the Bonui cannot be found, is rarely used or becomes extinct, the basic meaning should be representative rendering. Likewise, if the basic meaning is not sufficient, Inshinui would be representative rendering. If Inshinui is not sufficient, Gachaui being universally used will become the representative rendering. Due to saui movement(other meaning is derived from the meaning of Chinese characters), one character may have up to 40 meanings. However, since Bonui has the most representative and summarizes every meaning under any situation and condition, it can be utilized upon interpreting various Chinese characters or sentences and the transition in learning can occur. If 2-3 meanings are given to one Chinese character, it would be the same as before when the meaning was given to publication by their own ways and would destroy the principle of representative renderings. Also there is no need to call it the representative rendering and no reason to establish the representative rendering.
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