Hanja (Korean: 한자; Hanja: 漢字, Korean pronunciation: [ha(ː)ntɕ͈a]), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language...

(Korean: 국한문혼용; Hanja: 國漢文混用) is a form of writing the Korean language that uses a mixture of the Korean alphabet or hangul (한글) and hanja (漢字, 한자), the...

Basic Hanja for educational use (Korean: 한문 교육용 기초 한자, romanized: hanmun gyoyukyong gicho Hanja) are a subset of Hanja defined in 1972 (and subsequently...

Sino-Korean vocabulary or Hanja-eo (Korean: 한자어; Hanja: 漢字語) refers to Korean words of Chinese origin. Sino-Korean vocabulary includes words borrowed directly...

used Korean mixed script, with Hanja for Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hangul for other elements. North Korea abolished Hanja in writing in 1949, but continues...

Korean terms for names exist. For full names, seongmyeong (Korean: 성명; Hanja: 姓名), seongham (성함; 姓銜), or ireum (이름) are commonly used. When a Korean...

four tenets which all start with the Korean-language term bi (Korean: 비; Hanja: 非), roughly meaning "no". Its proponents do not date men, get married,...

meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading "tae" and 39 hanja with the reading "yeon"...

meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are four hanja with the reading "chun" and 15 hanja with the reading "hwa"...

Classical Chinese Hanja characters that were difficult to learn and did not fit the Korean language well. South Korea still uses some Chinese Hanja characters...

based on the hanja used to write it. There are 43 hanja with the reading yeong on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered...

Hanja Kochansky is a Croatian writer and actress. A refugee to Italy during the Second World War, in 1948 she went to Johannesburg as an emigrant. In...

M-1978 Koksan (Korean: M-1978 곡산; Hanja: M-1978 谷山), officially known as the Chuch'ep'o (Juche Cannon; Korean: 주체포; Hanja: 主體砲), is a North Korean self-propelled...

sometimes distinct from their simplified Chinese counterparts. Korean hanja, still used to a certain extent in South Korea, remain virtually identical...

dynasty. It was an attempt to increase literacy by serving as a complement to Hanja, which were Chinese characters used to write Literary Chinese in Korea by...

Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, Chinese characters are known as kanji, hanja, and chữ Hán respectively. Writing traditions also emerged for some of the...

Korean War South Korean name Hangul 6·25 전쟁 or 한국 전쟁 Hanja 六二五戰爭 or 韓國戰爭 North Korean name Chosŏn'gŭl 조국해방전쟁 Hancha 祖國解放戰爭...

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU or Seongdae, Korean: 성균관대학교; Hanja: 成均館大學校) is a private research university with campuses in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea...

based on the hanja used to write it. There are 17 hanja with the reading seung on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered...

Johanna Rika Hermanna "Hanja" Maij-Weggen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑɲaː maːi ˈʋɛɣə(n)]; née Weggen; born 29 December 1943) is a retired Dutch politician...

differs based on the hanja used to write it. The surname Myeong is derived from the Chinese surname Ming, written with the hanja 明, meaning "bright" or...

Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "ye" and 17 hanja with the reading "rin" on...

(Korean: 경주; Hanja: 慶州) and Sangju (Korean: 상주; Hanja: 尙州). In 1895, Gyeongsang was replaced by the districts of Andong (Korean: 안동부; Hanja: 安東府) in the...

Haya (Oruhaya) is a Bantu language spoken by the Haya people of Tanzania, in the south and southwest coast of Lake Victoria. In 1991, the population of...

Hunminjeongeum (Korean: 훈민정음; Hanja: 訓民正音; lit. The Correct/Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People) is a 15th-century manuscript that introduced...

names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. As a family name, Hwan is written with only one hanja, the Sino-Korean name of the Sapindus...

Pyongan Province (Korean: 평안도; Hanja: 平安道; IPA: [pʰjʌŋando]) was one of Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. Pyongan was located in the...

Han-Han Dae Sajeon is the generic term for Korean hanja-to-hangul dictionaries. There are several such dictionaries from different publishers. The most...

Tang Soo Do (Korean: 당수도; Hanja: 唐手道; pronounced [taŋ.su.do]) is a Korean martial art based on karate and can include fighting principles from taekkyeon...

horizontal lines. The modern Chinese and Japanese languages (and Korean Hanja) still use this method. The Gupta script rotated the two lines 45 degrees...