hanja

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Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 한자(漢字), from ltc - 漢字 (MC xanH dziH, “Chinese character”, literally “Han Chinese + character”).

Compare Cantonese 漢字, Japanese 漢字, Mandarin 漢字, Vietnamese Hán tự. Doublet of kanji and Hanzi.

Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈhɑn.d͡ʒə/, /ˈhɑn.d͡ʒɑ/

Noun

hanja (plural hanja)

1. The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature.
2. Any individual Han character as used in the Korean language.

Related terms

• hanjaeo
• hanmun
• hanzi
• kanji
• Hán tự

Translations

• German: Hanja
• Russian: ханча

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