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Korea having accepted western civilization from Japan and China largely tended to accept and use the existing translated words rather than producing new words after translating them. The word "大統領ーDaitouryou" does not appear in Chinese literatures, but appear in Japanese literature. But if you think that the word was created based on the Chinese characters ‘統領ーTouryou', you can not deny the effect from China. But the word "大統領ーDaitouryou" is new word originated from Japanese. It was 1881 when Lee Ho-nyeong came in contact with the words "大統領ーDaitouryou", but around 1892 the word settled down in Korea. After that, the Sino -Japanese modern character "大統領ーDaitouryou " settled down as a Korea word as it became a headword in Moon Se yeong'『朝鮮語辞典 Korean dictionary』in 1938. The Sino -Japanese modern character "大統領ーDaitouryou " accepted as a Korean word came to mean a leader elected by people in a democratic state. It has been used in that meaning in Korea. The "大統領ーDaitouryou" appearing in the late of the Shogunate era and the early of Meiji period is not found in Korean-translated Western literature, but it has early settled down as a Japanese word, as it was used in public documents in Chinese characters. It appears that "大統領ーDaitouryou" used in the Japan- U.S. Patron Treaty was the origin in the use. The "大統領ーDaitouryou" in Korea first appeared in 『日槎集略-Iisajipryak』in 1881 and was found in annals, textbooks, dictionaries, newspapers, gazettes, etc. Given the fact that gazettes were used to officially record government policies and legislation, "大統領ーDaitouryou" was introduced to Korea in 19th century, and has been officially used. But as Korea was a royal regime in 19th century, it was mainly used to understand foreign culture. But as a presidency was carried out in 1948, the word was used in earnest and settled down.