Chinese character
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Chinese character
noun Chinese characters
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Any character used in the written form of several languages of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
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Similar: Han character, CJK character, CJKV character, Hanzi, sinogram, sinograph, moonrunes
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noun CJKV character
| Español | carácter chino, letras chinas, caracter chino |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 한자 |
| 日本語 | 漢字 |
| 中文 | 漢字 /汉字 hànzì, 中國字 /中国字 zhōngguózì, 國字 /国字 guózì |
| हिन्दी | चीनी चरित्र cīnī caritra |
| Português | caractere chinês |
| Français | sinogramme, caractère chinois, hanzi, kanji |
| Deutsch | chinesisches Zeichen, Hanzi, chinesisches Schriftzeichen |
| Italiano | carattere cinese |
| Română | caracter chinezesc, caracter chinez |
| Русский | кита́йский иеро́глиф kitájskij ijeróglif, ханьцзы́ xanʹczý, кита́йская пи́сьменность kitájskaja písʹmennostʹ, кита́йское письмо́ kitájskoje pisʹmó, кита́йская гра́мота kitájskaja grámota |
| Tiếng Việt | Hán tự, chữ Nho, chữ Nôm, chữ Hán |
| العربية | حَرْف صِينِيّ ḥarf ṣīniyy, طَابِع صِينِيّ ṭābiʕ ṣīniyy, رَمْز صِينِيّ ramz ṣīniyy, هَانْزِي hanzī, هَانْزِي hānzī |
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title = {Chinese character},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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