hanzi.
Hanzi; Chinese character
Meaning & usage
Hanzi; Chinese character
Where this word comes from
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.
Try it on your idea.
hanzi has 5 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.