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Hyangga | |
Hangul | 향가 |
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Hanja | 鄕歌 |
Revised Romanization | hyangga |
McCune–Reischauer | hyangga |
Hyangga (Korean: 향가; Hanja: 鄕歌) were poems written using Chinese characters in a system known as hyangchal during the Unified Silla and early Goryeo periods of Korean history. Only a few have survived: 14 in the Samguk yusa (late 6th to 9th centuries) and 11 by the monk Kyunyeo (10th century).[1]