Hanzi

See also: hanzi, hànzi, Hànzì, hànzì, and Hänzi

English

Alternative forms

• hanzi

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 漢字 / 汉字 (Hànzì). Doublet of kanji and hanja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hændzi/, /hænzi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Hanzi (plural Hanzi)

1. Synonym of Chinese character (specifically in relation to Chinese)
   • [1959, Etiemble, “One China or Two?”, in Evergreen Review‎, volume 2, number 8, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31:

     On May 21, 1957, the Jen min je pao published the text of the previous day’s discussions during which writers and scholars of various tendencies had examined before the Commission the proposed reform (which, in the opinion of certain “leftists,” entailed in fact the suppression of the han tzŭ, the Chinese characters).]

Translations

Chinese character — see Chinese character

German

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Hanzi

Wikipedia ^de

Alternative forms

• Hànzì

Noun

Hanzi n (strong, genitive Hanzi, plural Hanzi)

1. Hanzi

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Hanzi	die	Hanzi
genitive	eines	des	Hanzi	der	Hanzi
dative	einem	dem	Hanzi	den	Hanzi
accusative	ein	das	Hanzi	die	Hanzi

Declension of Hanzi [neuter, strong]