hanja

See also: Hanja

English

Etymology

From Korean 한자 (漢字, hanja, “Chinese characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (xàn "Han dynasty", "China") + 字 (dzì "[written] character") (compare Japanese kanji 漢字, Mandarin hànzì 汉字, Vietnamese Hán tự).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑn.dʒə/, /ˈhɑn.dʒɑ/

Noun

hanja (plural hanja)

The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature. Compare hangeul, the Korean phonetic script.

Related terms

Translations

Han character script used to write Korean

German: Hanja (de) n
Korean: 한자 (ko) (hanja) (漢字 (ko))

Russian: ханча́ f (xančá)
Turkish: hanca, hanja

Anagrams

Jahan

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