漢字

Chinese

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

Etymology

• From 漢 ("Han, Chinese") + 字 ("character, symbol, letter").

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hànzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ zi⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): hon-sṳ
• Min Nan (POJ): hàn-jī / hàn-lī
• Wu (WT Romanisation): hoe zr (T2)

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

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ zi⁶
    • Yale: hon jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ dzi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ t͡siː²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hon-sṳ
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /hon⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hàn-jī / hàn-lī
    • Tâi-lô: hàn-jī / hàn-lī
    • IPA (Taipei): /han¹¹⁻⁴¹ d͡ʑi³³/, /han¹¹⁻⁴¹ li³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi²²/, /han²¹⁻⁵³ li²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: hoe zr (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /hø³³ z̻z̩⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (漢字, reconstructed)
Character (漢), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 曉 (32) Final: 寒 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 呼旰切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/hɑnH/	/xɑnH/	/xɑnH/	/hɑnH/	/hanH/	/xɑnH/	/xɑnH/
Character (字), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 從 (15) Final: 之 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 疾置切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/d͡zɨH/	/d͡zʱiH/	/d͡ziəH/	/d͡zɨH/	/d͡zɨH/	/d͡zĭəH/	/d͡zieH/

Noun

漢字

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

See also

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (漢字):

•  Japanese: 漢字 (かんじ, kanji)
•  Korean: 한자 (漢字, hanja)
•  Vietnamese: Hán tự (漢字)

Others

• English: hanzi
• Mongolian: ханз (hanz)
• Russian: ханьцзы́ (xanʹczý)
• Thai: ฮั่นจื้อ (hun-jêu)

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Japanese

Wikipedia ^ja

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

Etymology

From Sinitic 漢字.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [kã̠nd͡ʑi]

Audio

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Noun

漢字 (hiragana かんじ, romaji 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 from cursive forms of kanji characters.

Synonyms

• 真名, 真字 (まな, mana; まんな, manna)
• 男手 (おとこで, otokode)
• 男文字 (おとこもじ, otokomoji)

See also

• 平仮名 (ひらがな, hiragana)
• 片仮名 (かたかな, katakana)
• 仮名 (かな, 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 word
漢	字

Noun

漢字 (hanja) (hangeul 한자)

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

See also

• 한글, hangul

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
漢	字

Noun

漢字

1. Hán tự form of Hán tự, "Chinese character"