Junggumun

E553638

Junggumun is a historical writing system used in Korea that incorporated Chinese characters to represent Korean grammatical elements and sounds.

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Junggumun canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Korean writing system
historical writing system
country Korea
culturalContext Korean historical linguistics
Korean philology
historicalStatus obsolete
linguisticContext Korean language
linked to: Korean
region Korean Peninsula
relatedTo Classical Chinese
Gugyeol
Hyangchal
Idu
scriptFamily Sino–Korean mixed script tradition
scriptUsage adaptation of Chinese characters for Korean
status no longer in everyday use
usedFor representing Korean grammatical elements
representing Korean phonetic values
usedIn Korea
uses Chinese characters to represent Korean grammatical elements
Chinese characters to represent Korean sounds
usesScript Chinese characters
writingDirection horizontal
vertical
writingSystemRole representation of Korean grammar within a Chinese-character framework
writingSystemType logographic–phonetic mixed script

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Joseongeul historicalName Junggumun