본문 바로가기
  • Home

Analysis on Final of Syllable(韻母) in Korean Sounds of Chinese characters: Focused on the Present Korean Sound of [-i]・[-ɿ]・[-ʅ]・[ɚ]

Lee Chun Young 1

1영남대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study tries to study three things. The first one is to trace similar relationship of present Sino-Korean sounds from transition process of KAI KOU 3 DENG(開口3等)・KAI KOU 4 DENG in Zhi Group(止攝)・Xie Group(蟹攝) and Abrupt Tone of Geng Group(梗攝)・Zeng Group(曾攝)・Zhen Group(臻攝)・Shen Group(深攝) of QIE YUN ZHI NAN(切韻指南) which pronounced as [-i]・[-ɿ]・[-ʅ]・[ɚ] in present Chinese Mandarin. Secondly, from the relationship, we try to examine any unique characteristic of Sino-Korean. Finally, we also try to find an origin of Sino-Korean sound by examining sound transitions and dialects of Chinese. As results of this study, we find that merger of letters of KAI KOU(開口) among ‘MO(陌)’・‘XI(昔)’・‘XI(錫)’ and ‘ZHI(職)’ in GUANG YUN(廣韻), that merger of letters of KAI KOU(開口)‘ among ‘ZHI(支)’・‘ZHI(脂)’・‘ZHI(之)’ and ‘WEI(微)’, that merger of letters of ‘ZHI(質)’・‘QI(迄)’ and ‘ZHI(木節))’ in a period of Five Dynasty(五代), that merger of letters of ‘QI(齊)’・‘JI(祭)’ and ‘ZHI(支)’・‘ZHI(脂)’・‘ZHI(之)’, that non-merger of letters of ‘JI(緝)’ in Song Dynasty(宋代), that merger of letters of KAI KOU(開口) among ‘QI(齊)’(Even Tone(平)・Rising Tone(上)・Falling Tone(去))・‘JI(祭)’ and ‘FEI(廢)’ in Yuan Dynasty(元代). This study analyzes the six sound phenomenon specifically, and find that the letters pronounced as [-i]・[-ɿ]・[-ʅ]・[ɚ] of Chinese Mandarin in Korean were affected from the sound transition of Chinese dynasties and any unique pronunciation system of Korean together.

Citation status

* References for papers published after 2023 are currently being built.