Skip to content

New every day: Korea news, words and grammar — in your language

Pocket Korean

Dictionary › TOPIK 6

TOPIK 6noun

정형시

jeonghyeongsi

정형시가 · 정형시를

fixed-form poem, formal verse

Example

시조는 글자 수와 형식이 정해진 한국의 정형시입니다.

Sijo is a Korean fixed-form poem with a set syllable count and structure.

Word parts

정 fixed형 type시 poem

Literally 'fixed-type poem' — like sonnets, haiku or Korean sijo.