Choe Sejin

This is a Korean name; the family name is Choe.

Choe Sejin
Hangul	최세진
Hanja	崔世珍
Revised Romanization	Choe Se(-)jin
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Sejin

Choe Sejin (1473–1542) was a Korean linguist, educator, and a proponent of hangul during the Joseon Dynasty. He is of the Goesan Choe clan and courtesy name was Gongseo (공서; 公瑞).^[1]

Choe devised the modern South Korean order of the hangul letters, and assigned names to the letters. His most famous book on hangul is the Hunmong Jahoe (훈몽자회; 訓蒙字會 "Collection of Characters for Training the Unenlightened (= Kids)", 1527).

Choe was an official interpreter in the Korean embassies in Beijing, and so he also documented colloquial northern Chinese languages (Haner).

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• History of Korea
• Joseon Dynasty

References

1. ^ "최세진 崔世珍 [Choe Se-jin]" (in Korean). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=147691&contentno=147691. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 

Persondata
Name	Choi, Sejin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1473
Place of birth
Date of death	1542
Place of death