honji

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed 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

• IPA^(key): /hon.d͡ʒi/
• Hyphenation: hon‧ji

Noun

honji (first-person possessive honjiku, second-person possessive honjimu, third-person possessive honjinya)

1. Hanzi; Chinese character.

Related terms

• kanji
• hanzi

Further reading

• “honji” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

honji

1. Rōmaji transcription of ほんじ