different between hanja vs kokuji

English

Alternative forms

• Hanja

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean ??(??) (hanja), from Middle Chinese ?? (MC h?n^H d?z?^H, “Chinese character”, literally “Han Chinese + character”).

Compare Cantonese ?? (hon³ zi⁶), Japanese ?? (kanji), Mandarin ?? (hànzì), Vietnamese Hán t?. Doublet of kanji.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?n.d??/, /?h?n.d??/

Noun

hanja (plural hanja)

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

Related terms

• hanjaeo
• hanmun
• hanzi
• kanji
• Hán t?

Translations

Anagrams

• Jahan

English

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (???, kokuji), from Middle Chinese ? (kwok "kingdom", "nation") + ? (dzì "[written] character"). Doublet of gukja.

Noun

kokuji (plural kokuji)

1. Any of the kanji characters invented in Japan.

Usage notes

• Some kokuji have since been used in Chinese languages; see Category:Japanese-coined CJKV characters used outside Japanese.
• Some kokkun (characters borrowed from Chinese, but given different meanings in Japanese) are often mislabeled as kokuji.
• Japanese simplifications are instead referred to as ??? (?????, shinjitai, “new character forms”).

Translations

See also

• Category:Japanese-coined CJKV characters
• hanja
• hanzi
• kanji
• ??? (?????, shinjitai, “new character forms”).