"한자" meaning in Korean

See 한자 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈha̠(ː)ɲt͡ɕ͈a̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: 漢字 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 漢字, from 漢 (“Han Chinese”) + 字 (“character”), with compound/genitive tensing applied. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|漢字}}, {{ko-etym-sino|漢|Han Chinese|字|character|genitive=y}} Sino-Korean word from 漢字, from 漢 (“Han Chinese”) + 字 (“character”), with compound/genitive tensing applied Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=漢字}} 한자 • (hanja) (hanja 漢字)
  1. hanja (Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation) Tags: hanja
    Sense id: en-한자-ko-noun-MHm7zCep Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable, 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: 41 21 30 9 Disambiguation of Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable: 52 34 13 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 72 21 7 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 61 27 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 39 7 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 38 7 14 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 60 26 14 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words with compound tensing: 79 14 7
  2. Chinese character; Han character (any character used in the written form of several languages of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam) Tags: hanja
    Sense id: en-한자-ko-noun-gagGvwnC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 39 7 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 38 7 14
  3. written Chinese language Tags: hanja
    Sense id: en-한자-ko-noun-trQmTFel
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 한자어(漢字語) (hanja'eo) (english: Sino-Korean vocabulary) Related terms: 한글 (han'geul) (english: hangul)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ha̠ɲd͡ʑa̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul]
Etymology: See the main entry. Head templates: {{head|ko|noun}} 한자 • (hanja)
  1. (Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Pyongan, Russia, presumably also Yukjin, Hamgyong) Dialectal form of 혼자 (honja, “alone”). Tags: Gyeongsang, Hamgyong, Jeolla, Russia, dialectal, form-of, hanja Form of: 혼자 (extra: honja, “alone”)
    Sense id: en-한자-ko-noun-ci0VmUem Categories (other): Gyeongsang Korean, Hamgyong Korean, Jeolla Korean, Koryo-mar, Pyongan Korean, Yukjin Korean, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 39 7 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 38 7 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "hangeul": "한(ː)짜"
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