different between hanzi vs hanja

English

Noun

hanzi (plural hanzi)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Hanzi

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin ?? (hànzì, “Han characters”), from Middle Chinese ? (xàn, “Han dynasty, China”) + ? (dzì, “[written] character”). Compare Cantonese ?? (hon³ zi⁶), Min Nan ?? (hàn-j?, hàn-l?) and Japanese ?? (kanji). Doublet of hanja, honji, and kanji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /han.zi/
• Hyphenation: han?zi

Noun

hanzi (first-person possessive hanziku, second-person possessive hanzimu, third-person possessive hanzinya)

1. (colloquial) Hanzi; Chinese character.

Related terms

Shona

Etymology

From Afrikaans gans; compare Zulu ihansi.

Noun

hanzí 9 (plural hanzí 10)

1. goose

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