Hyangchal

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Hyangchal is an ancient Korean writing system that used Chinese characters phonetically and semantically to transcribe native Korean, especially in early vernacular poetry.

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Hyangchal canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical writing system
writing system
applies Chinese characters phonetically
Chinese characters semantically
classification mixed logographic–phonetic system
country Korea NERFINISHED
culturalContext Buddhist literature
court poetry
folk songs
developedFrom adaptation of Classical Chinese writing
distinctFrom Hangul alphabet NERFINISHED
pure Classical Chinese writing
era early Korean history
fieldOfStudy Korean historical linguistics
Korean literature
Korean philology
historicalSignificance evidence for early Korean phonology
evidence for early Korean vocabulary
influencedBy Chinese writing
languageWritten Korean language NERFINISHED
notableCorpus Gyunyeojeon hyangga
Samguk Yusa hyangga NERFINISHED
preceded Hangul NERFINISHED
precededBy use of Classical Chinese for Korean
primaryFunction transcription of vernacular Korean
purpose representation of spoken Korean before Hangul
region Korean Peninsula NERFINISHED
relatedTo Gugyeol NERFINISHED
Idu NERFINISHED
scriptFamily Sinographic systems in Korea
scriptUsageMethod phonetic transcription of Korean syllables
semantic borrowing of Chinese characters
status obsolete
timePeriod roughly 7th to 12th centuries
usedFor Buddhist hymns
hyangga poetry
songs
vernacular Korean poetry
usedIn Goryeo period NERFINISHED
Korea NERFINISHED
Silla period NERFINISHED
usesScript Chinese characters NERFINISHED
Hanja NERFINISHED
writingDirection vertical
writingMedium manuscripts
writingSystemType logographic
phonographic

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Middle Korean writingSystem Hyangchal