Sookmyung Girls' High School () is a private girls high school located in
Gangnam-gu
Gangnam District ( ; , ) is one of the 25 local government districts which make up the city of Seoul, South Korea. Gangnam translates to "South of the (Han) River". Gangnam District is the third largest district in Seoul, with an area of . A ...
,
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
, South Korea.
History
Sookmyung Girls' High School was founded on May 22, 1906 under the name Myeongsin Girls' School (
hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...
: 명신여학교;
hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
:
明 新女
Radical 38 or radical woman () meaning "woman" or "female" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 681 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
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學校), and was originally located in
Yongdonggung palace. It was then renamed to Sookmyung Girls' High School in May 1909. The official symbols of the School are Magnolia and The Lily of the Valley. Also, the official color is Purple.
The current principal, Heo Young Sook, was appointed in March 2015 as the 13th principal.
See also
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Sookmyung Women's University
Sookmyung Women’s University () is a private university in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1906, Sookmyung is Korea’s first royal private educational institution for women. The university's name is derived from the Hanja charact ...
References
External links
Sookmyung Girl's High School Homepage- Korean language version only.
Education in Seoul
High schools in South Korea
Girls' schools in South Korea
Educational institutions established in 1905
Gangnam District
1905 establishments in Korea
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