hanja

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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

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑn.d͡ʒə/, /ˈhɑn.d͡ʒɑ/
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Noun

hanja (plural hanja)

  1. The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature.
  2. Any individual Han character as used in the Korean language.

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