한자

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 漢字, from 漢 (“Han Chinese”) + 字 (“character”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈha̠(ː)ɲt͡ɕ͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [한(ː)짜]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hanja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hanja
McCune–Reischauer?	hancha
Yale Romanization?	hānqca

Noun

한자 • (hanja) (hanja 漢字)

1. hanja (Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation)
2. Chinese character; Han character (any character used in the written form of several languages of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam)
3. written Chinese language

Derived terms

• 한자어(漢字語) (hanja'eo, “Sino-Korean vocabulary”)

See also

• 한글 (han'geul, “hangul”)

Etymology 2

See the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠ɲd͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [한자]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hanja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hanja
McCune–Reischauer?	hanja
Yale Romanization?	han.ca

Noun

한자 • (hanja)

1. (Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Pyongan, Russia, presumably also Yukjin, Hamgyong) dialectal form of 혼자 (honja, “alone”)

   여자 소변 마려브니 한자 밤에 나와서 소변 봤지. (Koryo-mar, Yukorichirchik)

   Yeoja sobyeon maryeobeuni hanja bame nawaseo sobyeon bwatji.

   Having needed to urinate, the woman left at night alone.