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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, “ 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)
- Hanzi; Chinese character.
Further reading
Japanese
Romanization
honji
- Rōmaji transcription of ほんじ