What was the earliest form of Korean script called?

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"The earliest writing in Korean was an adaption of Chinese characters (called hanja) to write Korean in a system called Ido. Certain Chinese characters were adapted for their sound values, whereas others for their meanings. However, often times the same character is used both for sound as well as meaning, which leads to an ambiguous system." "Due to its proximity to China, it is no surprise that writing in the Korean peninsula started with Classical Chinese. Like Latin in Medieval Europe, Classical Chinese had tremendous prestige and was employed in official and literary context." http://www.ancientscripts.com/korean.html Dec 24 06, 3:10 AM