Dictionary

hanja en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɑn.d͡ʒɑ/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhɑn.d͡ʒə/ (US)

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.

Meanings

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

Forms

Relateds

hanzi · Hán tự · hanmun · hanjaeo · kanji

Translations (12)

ko 한자 (Han character script used to write Korean) · ur ہانجا (Han character script used to write Korean) · fi hanja (Han character script used to write Korean) · tr hanca (Han character script used to write Korean) · ru ханча́ (Han character script used to write Korean) · tr hanja (Han character script used to write Korean) · mr हांजा (Han character script used to write Korean) · hu handzsa (Han character script used to write Korean) · ro hanja (Han character script used to write Korean) · pl hanja (Han character script used to write Korean) · de Hanja (Han character script used to write Korean) · cmn 漢字 /汉字 (Han character script used to write Korean)