hanja

See also: Hanja

English

Etymology

From Korean 한자 (漢字, hanja, “Chinese characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (xàn "Han dynasty", "China") + 字 (dzì "[written] character") (compare Japanese kanji 漢字, Mandarin hànzì 汉字, Vietnamese Hán tự).

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
• Korean: 한자 (ko) (hanja) (漢字 (ko))

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

Anagrams

• Jahan