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hanzi

Pronunciation: /han.zi/

“hanzi” is an Indonesian word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. Hanzi; Chinese character

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 漢字 /汉字 (hànzì, “Han characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (xàn, “Han dynasty, China”) + 字 (dzì, “[written] character”). Compare Cantonese 漢字 /汉字 (hon³ zi⁶), Hokkien 漢字 /汉字 (hàn-jī, hàn-lī) and Japanese 漢字 (kanji). Doublet of hanja, honji, and kanji.

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