hanja
See also: Hanja
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 한자(漢字) (hanja), from Middle Chinese 漢字 (MC xanH dziH, “Chinese character”, literally “Han Chinese + character”).
Compare Cantonese 漢字／汉字 (hon3 zi6), Japanese 漢字 (kanji), Mandarin 漢字／汉字 (hànzì), Vietnamese Hán tự. Doublet of kanji and Hanzi.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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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Translations
Han character script used to write Korean
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