See also: 汉字

ChineseEdit

Chinese; name of a dynasty; man
 
letter; symbol; character
letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (漢字)
simp. (汉字)
 
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漢字汉字 (hànzì): Chinese characters, showing the Traditional Chinese script on the left, and Simplified Chinese script on the right.

PronunciationEdit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (15)
Final () (61) (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɑnH/ /d͡zɨH/
Pan
Wuyun
/hɑnH/ /d͡zɨH/
Shao
Rongfen
/xɑnH/ /d͡zieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hanH/ /d͡zɨH/
Li
Rong
/xɑnH/ /d͡ziəH/
Wang
Li
/xɑnH/ /d͡zĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xɑnH/ /d͡zʱiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hon3 zi6

NounEdit

漢字

  1. Chinese character; Han character; hanzi

SynonymsEdit

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DescendantsEdit

Sino-Xenic (漢字):
  • Japanese: 漢字(かんじ) (kanji)
  • Korean: 한자(漢字) (hanja)
  • Vietnamese: Hán tự (漢字)

Others:

See alsoEdit

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EtymologyEdit

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
漢字 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese compound 漢字 (MC hɑnH d͡zɨH, literally “Han Chinese + character”). Compare modern Mandarin 漢字汉字 (hànzì), Min Nan 漢字汉字 (hàn-jī).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

(かん)() (kanji

  1. kanji

Usage notesEdit

The term literally means “Chinese characters”, and refers broadly to any such ideographic or logographic character originating in written Chinese, or created anew along similar lines. This latter category includes some characters created in Japan from originally Chinese elements and called 国字 (kokuji, literally national (i.e. Japanese) characters), and other characters that were modified over time into distinctly Japanese forms and called 新字体 (shinjitai, literally new character forms). Contrast with 仮名 (kana, literally borrowed label), uniquely Japanese phonetic characters derived either from cursive forms of kanji (the 平仮名 (hiragana)) or from shorthand that abbreviated characters to use just specific parts of the original kanji (the 片仮名 (katakana)).

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See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

KoreanEdit

Hanja in this term

NounEdit

漢字 (hanja) (hangeul 한자)

  1. Hanja form? of 한자 (Chinese character; hanja).

OkinawanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
on’yomi

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as かんじ.[1]

NounEdit

漢字 (hiragana かんじ, rōmaji kanji)

  1. Chinese character

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/28

VietnameseEdit

Hán tự in this term

NounEdit

漢字

  1. chữ Hán form of Hán tự (Chinese character).