hanja

See also: Hanja

English

Alternative forms

• Hanja

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.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑn.d͡ʒə/, /ˈhɑn.d͡ʒɑ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

hanja (plural hanja)

1. The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature.
2. Any individual Han character as used in the Korean language.

Related terms

• hanjaeo
• hanmun
• hanzi
• kanji
• Hán tự

Translations

Han character script used to write Korean

• Finnish: hanja
• German: Hanja (de) n
• Hungarian: handzsa (hu)
• Korean: 한자(漢字) (ko) (hanja)
• Romanian: hanja ?
• Russian: ханча́ f (xančá)
• Turkish: hanca, hanja

Anagrams

• Jahan