통자

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 通刺, from 通 (“communicate, exchange”) + 刺 (“calling card”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tongja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tongja
McCune–Reischauer?t'ongja
Yale Romanization?thongca

Noun

Derived verbs
Active 통자하다

통자 • (tongja) (hanja 通刺) (historical)

  1. presentation of a calling card to invite someone for a visit

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 桶子 (“bucket, barrel”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tongja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tongja
McCune–Reischauer?t'ongja
Yale Romanization?thongca

Noun

통자 • (tongja) (hanja 桶子)

  1. Nonstandard form of 통(桶) (tong, “bucket, barrel”).

Etymology 3

From 통 (tong-, “as a whole”) +‎ 자(字) (ja, “letter, character”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tongja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tongja
McCune–Reischauer?t'ongcha
Yale Romanization?thongqca

Noun

통자 • (tongja) (hanja 통字)

  1. (printing) complete type with all the characters engraved on a single block
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