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Hanja

Hanja

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Hanja

  1. capitalized form of hanja

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hanja

hanja

See also: Hanja

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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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Etymology

From Korean 한자 (漢字, hanja, “Chinese characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (xàn "Han dynasty", "China") + 字 (dzì "[written] character") (compare Japanese kanji 漢字, Mandarin hànzì 汉字, Vietnamese Hán tự).

Pronunciation

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

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