Idu
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Idu was a historic Korean writing system that used adapted Chinese characters to represent Korean language elements for administrative and literary purposes.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic Korean writing system
ⓘ
logographic writing system ⓘ script for Korean language ⓘ |
| basedOn | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declineCause | adoption of Hangul ⓘ |
| developed | between 6th and 7th centuries ⓘ |
| developedFor |
administrative documents
ⓘ
literary purposes ⓘ representation of Korean grammatical elements ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Hangul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
pure Classical Chinese writing in Korea ⓘ |
| encodes |
Korean particles
ⓘ
Korean syntactic markers ⓘ Korean verb endings ⓘ |
| floruit | Goryeo period ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Goryeo dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Three Kingdoms of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ early Joseon dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Korean annotation systems ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Chinese writing ⓘ |
| languageContext | diglossia with Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| notationPrinciple |
borrowed characters for meaning
ⓘ
borrowed characters for sound ⓘ |
| partOf | Korean mixed-script tradition ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Buddhist texts
ⓘ
epigraphic inscriptions ⓘ legal and administrative records ⓘ |
| primaryUsers |
Korean scholar-officials
ⓘ
local administrators ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Gugyeol
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hyangchal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptDirection |
horizontal, left-to-right
ⓘ
vertical, top-to-bottom ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | CJK writing systems ⓘ |
| status | obsolete ⓘ |
| usedFor |
annotating Chinese texts with Korean readings
ⓘ
personal correspondence ⓘ recording local administrative records ⓘ recording official documents ⓘ writing Korean poetry ⓘ |
| usedIn | Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses |
adapted Chinese characters
ⓘ
phonetic values of Chinese characters ⓘ semantic values of Chinese characters ⓘ |
| usesWritingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor | Korean language ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | logographic-phonetic mixed system ⓘ |
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