hanzi

See also: Hanzi and hànzì

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English

Noun

hanzi (plural hanzi)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Hanzi

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Indonesian

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /han.zi/
• Hyphenation: han‧zi

Noun

hanzi (plural hanzi-hanzi, first-person possessive hanziku, second-person possessive hanzimu, third-person possessive hanzinya)

1. (colloquial) Han characters.

Related terms

• honji
• kanji