漢字

See also: 汉字

Chinese

		Chinese; name of a dynasty; man	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (漢字)		漢	字
simp. (汉字)		汉	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hànzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ zi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hon-sṳ
• Min Dong (BUC): háng-cê
• Min Nan (POJ): hàn-jī / hàn-lī
• Wu (Wiktionary): hoe zr (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
    • Pinyin: hànzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄗˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hanntzyh
    • IPA ^(key): /xa̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 汗漬／汗渍 漢字／汉字

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ zi⁶
    • Yale: hon jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ ji⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ t͡siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hon-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: hon sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hon⁴ si⁴
    • IPA: /hon⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: háng-cê
    • IPA ^(key): /haŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒɛi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàn-jī
    • Tâi-lô: hàn-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: harnji
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han²¹⁻⁴¹ ʑi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàn-lī
    • Tâi-lô: hàn-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: harnli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /han²¹⁻⁵³ li²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /han¹¹⁻⁵³ li³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hoe zr (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /hø³³ z̻z̩⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /hɑn^H  d͡zɨ^H/▼

Rime
Character	漢	字
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	呼旰切	疾置切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑnH/	/d͡zɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑnH/	/d͡zɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑnH/	/d͡zieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hanH/	/d͡zɨH/
Li Rong	/xɑnH/	/d͡ziəH/
Wang Li	/xɑnH/	/d͡zĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑnH/	/d͡zʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hàn	zì

Noun

漢字

1. Chinese character; Han character; hanzi; kanji (Japanese); hanja (Korean); Hán tự/Han tu (Vietnamese)

Synonyms

• 國字／国字 (guózì)
• 中國字／中国字 (Zhōngguózì)
• (Cantonese) 唐字 (tong4 zi6)

See also

• 繁體字／繁体字 (fántǐzì)
• 簡體字／简体字 (jiǎntǐzì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (漢字):

• Japanese: 漢 (かん)字 (じ) (kanji)
• Korean: 한자 (漢字, hanja)
• Vietnamese: Hán tự (漢字)

Others:

• English: hanzi
• Mongolian: ханз (hanz)
• Russian: ханьцзы́ (xanʹczý)
• Thai: ฮั่นจื้อ (hân-jʉ̂ʉ)

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Japanese

漢字 (kanji): Chinese characters, showing the traditional Chinese script on the left, and simplified on the right.

Kanji in this term
漢	字
かん Grade: 3	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 漢字 (hɑn^H d͡zɨ^H, literally “Han Chinese + character”). Compare modern Mandarin 漢字／汉字 (hànzì).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) かんじ [kàńjí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

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Noun

漢字 (hiragana かんじ, rōmaji kanji)

1. kanji

   Literally meaning “Chinese characters”, kanji are ideographic or logographic characters used in Japan, mostly borrowed directly from Chinese. Kanji include some characters created in Japan from originally Chinese elements, and other characters that were modified over time into distinctly Japanese forms. Contrast with 仮名 (kana), uniquely Japanese phonetic characters derived either from cursive forms of kanji (平仮名 (hiragana)) or from specific parts of kanji (片仮名 (katakana)).

Synonyms

Synonyms

• 真 (ま)名 (な) (mana), 真 (ま)字 (な) (mana)
• 男手 (おとこで) (otokode)
• 男文字 (おとこもじ) (otoko moji)

See also

See also

• 平仮名 (ひらがな) (hiragana)
• 片仮名 (かたかな) (katakana)
• 仮 (か)名 (な) (kana)
• 新字体 (しんじたい) (shinjitai)
• 旧字体 (きゅうじたい) (kyūjitai)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
漢	字

Noun

漢字 • (hanja) (hangeul 한자)

1. Hanja form^? of 한자, “Chinese characters, hanja”.

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Okinawan

Etymology

Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as かんじ.

Noun

漢字 (hiragana かんじ, romaji kanji)

1. Chinese character

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
漢	字

Noun

漢字

1. Hán tự form of Hán tự, “Chinese character”