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honji.

Hanzi; Chinese character

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhond͡ʒi/Standard-Indonesian[ˈhoɲ.d͡ʒi]Standard-Indonesian

  1. Hanzi; Chinese character

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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