hanja

EnglishEdit

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Hanja

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

hanja (plural hanja)

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

Related termsEdit

hanjaeo
hanmun
hanzi
kanji
Hán tự

TranslationsEdit

Han character script used to write Korean

Korean: 한자 (ko) (hanja) (漢字 (ko))

Russian: ханча́ f (xančá)

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Last modified on 20 January 2014, at 06:03