hanja
See also: Hanja
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Korean 한자 (漢字, hanja, “Chinese characters”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 漢 (xàn "Han dynasty", "China") + 字 (dzì "[written] character") (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese kanji 漢字, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin hànzì 汉字, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vietnamese Hán tự).
Pronunciation
Noun
hanja (plural hanja)
- The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature. Compare hangeul, the Korean phonetic script.
Related terms
Translations
Han character script used to write Korean