多音字의 韓日漢字音 반영 차이 고찰

要旨

This research aims to examine how Ancient Chinese polyphones are reflected in Sino-Korean and Sino-Japanese, respectively, in the Chinese characters of Shinzyojokanzihyo. The manner, in which 235 Chinese characters belonging to polyphones that contain different rhymes in Sino-Korean and Sino-Japanese are reflected, can be categorized in each of the following ways: 1) The 134 characters categorized by the group of Chinese characters spoken as one sound in both languages. It indicates that even though those characters once had multiple phonetic values in the Ancient Chinese era, both Sino-Korean and Sino-Japanese accepted them as characters with one sound. 2) The eight characters categorized by the group of Chinese characters known as Kan’yo’onin Sino-Japanese, but spoken as one sound in Sino-Korean. Almost all of Kan’yo’on occurred by confusing Voiceless and Voice sounds. 3) The five characters categorized by the group of Chinese characters spoken as incorrect sound in Sino-Korean, and the one character categorized by the group of Chinese characters spoken as incorrect sound in both languages. 4) The 12 characters categorized by the group of Chinese characters spoken as one sound in both languages but with different pronunciations. Despite its comparatively small proportion, it remains significant because those Chinese characters can possibly cause confusion in the process of both learning and education of the languages. 5) The 37 characters categorized by the group of Chinese characters spoken as more than two sounds in both languages. In principle, languages should maintain their original pronunciation when they are adopted by other languages. However, that is not the case. One of the reasons is the time and place where those characters are adopted. More importantly, language efficiency was the main factor contributing to their changes. 6) The 31 characters categorized by the group of Chinese characters that are spoken as one sound in Sino-Japanese but spoken as two different sounds in Sino-Korean, and the seven characters categorized by the group of Chinese characters that are spoken as two different sounds in Sino-Japanese, but spoken as one sound in Sino-Korean. Even though you could pronounce some Chinese characters as two different sounds in both languages, in most cases they are de facto spoken as only one of the sounds. Hence, clarification as to which one is the prevailing pronunciation is required and this should be reflected in both education and learning.

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