hanja

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Korean 한자 (漢字, hanja, “Chinese characters”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese (xàn "Han dynasty", "China") + (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

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑn.dʒə/, /ˈhɑn.dʒɑ/

Noun

hanja (plural hanja)

  1. The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature. Compare hangeul, the Korean phonetic script.

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