hanja

See also: Hanja

English

Alternative forms

• Hanja

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 한자(漢字) (hanja), from Middle Chinese 漢字 (MC hɑn^H d͡zɨ^H, “Chinese character”, literally “Han Chinese + character”).

Compare Cantonese 漢字 (hon³ zi⁶), Japanese 漢字 (kanji), Mandarin 漢字 (hànzì), Vietnamese Hán tự. Doublet of kanji.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑn.dʒə/, /ˈhɑn.dʒɑ/

Noun

hanja (plural hanja)

1. The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature. Compare hangeul, the Korean phonetic script.

Related terms

• hanjaeo
• hanmun
• hanzi
• kanji
• Hán tự

Translations

Han character script used to write Korean

• German: Hanja (de) n
• Hungarian: handzsa
• Korean: 한자(漢字) (ko) (hanja)

• Russian: ханча́ f (xančá)
• Turkish: hanca, hanja

Anagrams

• Jahan