honji
Indonesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Cantonese 漢字／汉字 (hon3 zi6, “Han Chinese character”), with possible influence from Hokkien 漢字／汉字 (hàn-jī, “Han Chinese character”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (xàn, “Han dynasty; China”) + 字 (dzì, “[written] character”). Compare Mandarin 漢字／汉字 (hànzì), Japanese 漢字 (kanji), Korean 한자(漢字) (hanja). Doublet of hanja, hanzi and kanji.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithonji (first-person possessive honjiku, second-person possessive honjimu, third-person possessive honjinya)
- Hanzi; Chinese character.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “honji” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
editRomanization
edithonji
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- Indonesian terms borrowed from Cantonese
- Indonesian terms derived from Cantonese
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Hokkien
- Indonesian terms derived from Hokkien
- Indonesian terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Indonesian doublets
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations