Hanja

//ˈhɑn.d͡ʒə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature.
  2. 2
    Any individual Han character as used in the Korean language.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of hanja. alt-of

Synonyms

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kanjiromaja

Example

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"Hanja is the Korean name for Hanzi, the Chinese characters."

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 한자(漢字) (hanja), from Middle Chinese 漢字 (MC xanH dziH, “Chinese character”, literally “Han Chinese + character”). Compare Cantonese 漢字 /汉字 (hon³ zi⁶), Japanese 漢字 (kanji), Mandarin 漢字 /汉字 (hànzì), Vietnamese Hán tự. Doublet of kanji and Hanzi.

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hán tự

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