"문자" meaning in Korean

See 문자 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [muɲt͡ɕ͈a̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: munja [romanization], 文字 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 文字, from 文 (“writing”) + 字 (“letter”), with compound/genitive tensing applied. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|文字}}, {{ko-etym-Sino|文|writing|字|letter|genitive=y}} Sino-Korean word from 文字, from 文 (“writing”) + 字 (“letter”), with compound/genitive tensing applied Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=文字}} 문자 • (munja) (hanja 文字)
  1. letter, character, alphabet
    Sense id: en-문자-ko-noun-OgRPEEfQ
  2. phrase, passage
    Sense id: en-문자-ko-noun-qNc0w2s0
  3. text message, short for 문자 메시지 (munja mesiji).
    Sense id: en-문자-ko-noun-qNlpZh-A Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sino-Korean words, Sino-Korean words with compound tensing Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 86 9 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 5 5 73 17 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 3 3 82 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 88 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 89 7 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 7 7 60 26 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words with compound tensing: 3 3 81 12
  4. (figuratively) learning, knowledge Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-문자-ko-noun-WDn59X-U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 글자 (geulja) Related terms: 활자 (hwalja), 문장 (munjang)

Inflected forms

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          "english": "Please text me. / Please send me a text message.",
          "roman": "munja bonae juseyo.",
          "text": "문자 보내 주세요.",
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        }
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      ],
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "hangeul": "문짜"
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      "other": "[문짜]"
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      "tags": [
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        "Seoul"
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      "hangeul": "문짜"
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      "other": "[문짜]"
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      "roman": "geulja",
      "word": "글자"
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