hanzi
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
hanzi (plural hanzi)
- Alternative letter-case form of Hanzi
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Mandarin 漢字 (hànzì, “Han characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (xàn, “Han dynasty, China”) + 字 (dzì, “[written] character”). Compare Cantonese 漢字 (hon3 zi6), Min Nan 漢字 (hàn-jī, hàn-lī) and Japanese 漢字 (kanji). Doublet of hanja, honji, and kanji.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hanzi (plural, first-person possessive hanziku, second-person possessive hanzimu, third-person possessive hanzinya)
- (colloquial) Hanzi; Chinese character.
Related termsEdit
ShonaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Afrikaans gans; compare Zulu ihansi.
NounEdit
hanzí 9 (plural hanzí 10)