hanja
See also: Hanja
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EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Korean 한자 (漢字, hanja, “Chinese characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (MC hɑnH, “Han dynasty; China”) + Middle Chinese 字 (MC d͡zɨH, “[written] character”) (compare Cantonese 漢字 (hon3 zi6), Japanese 漢字 (kanji), Mandarin 漢字 (hànzì), Vietnamese Hán tự). Doublet of kanji.
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NounEdit
hanja (plural hanja)
- The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature. Compare hangeul, the Korean phonetic script.
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Han character script used to write Korean