hanzi

See also: Hanzi, hànzi, Hànzì, hànzì, and Hänzi

English

Noun

hanzi (plural hanzi)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Hanzi

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 漢字／汉字 (hànzì, “Han characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (xàn, “Han dynasty, China”) + 字 (dzì, “[written] character”). Compare Cantonese 漢字／汉字 (hon³ zi⁶), Min Nan 漢字／汉字 (hàn-jī, hàn-lī) and Japanese 漢字 (kanji). Doublet of hanja, honji, and kanji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /han.zi/
• Hyphenation: han‧zi

Noun

hanzi (first-person possessive hanziku, second-person possessive hanzimu, third-person possessive hanzinya)

1. (colloquial) Hanzi; Chinese character.

Related terms

• honji
• kanji

 

Shona

Etymology

From Afrikaans gans; compare Zulu ihansi.

Noun

hanzí class 9 (plural hanzí class 10)

1. goose