Phrase guide

Chinese character

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any character used in the written form of several languages of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of species Cilix glaucata of moths.

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَرْف صِينِيّ (ḥarf ṣīniyy) — CJKV character
  • Arabic: طَابِع صِينِيّ (ṭābiʕ ṣīniyy) — CJKV character
  • Arabic: رَمْز صِينِيّ (ramz ṣīniyy) — CJKV character
  • Arabic: هَانْزِي (hanzī) — CJKV character
  • Arabic: هَانْزِي (hānzī) — CJKV character
  • Bulgarian: кита́йски йерогли́ф (kitájski jeroglíf) — CJKV character
  • Bulgarian: хан йерогли́ф (han jeroglíf) — CJKV character
  • Burmese: တရုတ်စာလုံ (ta.rutcalum) — CJKV character
  • Chinese Cantonese: 漢字 /汉字 (hon3 zi6) — CJKV character
  • Chinese Cantonese: 唐字 (tong4 zi6) — CJKV character
  • Chinese Cantonese: 字 (zi6) — CJKV character
  • Chinese: ханзы (hanzɨ) — CJKV character
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 漢字 /汉字 (háng-cê) — CJKV character
  • Gan Chinese: 漢字 /汉字 (hon3 ci2) — CJKV character
  • Hakka Chinese: 漢字 /汉字 (hon-sṳ) — CJKV character
  • Chinese: 漢字 /汉字 (zh-min-nan) — CJKV character
  • Chinese: 汉字 (hàn-jī, hàn-lī) — CJKV character
  • Chinese Mandarin: 漢字 /汉字 (hànzì) — CJKV character
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中國字 /中国字 (zhōngguózì) — CJKV character
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國字 /国字 (guózì) — CJKV character
  • Wu Chinese: 漢字 /汉字 (5hoe-zy) — CJKV character
  • Danish: kinesisk tegn — CJKV character
  • Dutch: Chinees teken — CJKV character
  • Esperanto: ĉina signo — CJKV character
  • Finnish: kiinalainen kirjoitusmerkki — CJKV character
  • French: sinogramme — CJKV character
  • French: caractère chinois — CJKV character
  • French: hanzi — CJKV character
  • French: kanji — CJKV character
  • Galician: carácter chinés — CJKV character
  • German: chinesisches Zeichen — CJKV character
  • German: Hanzi — CJKV character
  • German: chinesisches Schriftzeichen — CJKV character
  • Hindi: चीनी चरित्र (cīnī caritra) — CJKV character
  • Hungarian: kínai írásjegy — CJKV character
  • Hungarian: kínai karakter — CJKV character
  • Icelandic: kínverskt tákn — CJKV character
  • Indonesian: aksara Tionghoa — CJKV character
  • Indonesian: Hanzi — CJKV character
  • Irish: carachtar Sínise — CJKV character
  • Irish: Hansaí — CJKV character
  • Italian: carattere cinese — CJKV character
  • Japanese: 漢字 — CJKV character
  • Korean: 한자 — CJKV character
  • Macedonian: кинески знак (kineski znak) — CJKV character
  • Macedonian: ханце (hance) — CJKV character
  • Malay: Aksara Cina — CJKV character
  • Malay: Hanzi — CJKV character
  • Mongolian: ханз (xanz) — CJKV character
  • Mongolian: хятад ханз (xjatad xanz) — CJKV character
  • Okinawan: 漢字 — CJKV character
  • Persian: حرف چینی (harf-e čini) — CJKV character
  • Persian: حرف هان (harf-e hân) — CJKV character
  • Polish: znak pisma chińskiego — CJKV character
  • Portuguese: caractere chinês — CJKV character
  • Romanian: caracter chinezesc — CJKV character
  • Romanian: caracter chinez — CJKV character
  • Russian: кита́йский иеро́глиф (kitájskij ijeróglif) — CJKV character
  • Russian: ханьцзы́ (xanʹczý) — CJKV character
  • Russian: кита́йская пи́сьменность (kitájskaja písʹmennostʹ) — CJKV character
  • Russian: кита́йское письмо́ (kitájskoje pisʹmó) — CJKV character
  • Russian: кита́йская гра́мота (kitájskaja grámota) — CJKV character
  • Serbo-Croatian: кинески карактер — CJKV character
  • Serbo-Croatian: kineski karakter — CJKV character
  • Spanish: carácter chino — CJKV character
  • Spanish: letras chinas — CJKV character
  • Spanish: caracter chino — CJKV character
  • Swedish: kinesiska tecken — CJKV character
  • Swedish: hanzi — CJKV character
  • Tamil: சீன எழுத்துமுறை (cīṉa eḻuttumuṟai) — CJKV character
  • Telugu: చైనీస్ లిపి (cainīs lipi) — CJKV character
  • Thai: อักษรจีน (àk-sɔ̌ɔn jiin) — CJKV character
  • Thai: ฮั่นจื้อ (hân-jʉ̂ʉ) — CJKV character
  • Turkish: Çince karakter — CJKV character
  • Turkish: Çince yazı karakteri — CJKV character
  • Turkish: hanzi — CJKV character
  • Ukrainian: кита́йська писе́мність (kytájsʹka pysémnistʹ) — CJKV character
  • Vietnamese: Hán tự — CJKV character
  • Vietnamese: chữ Nho — CJKV character
  • Vietnamese: chữ Nôm — CJKV character
  • Vietnamese: chữ Hán — CJKV character
  • Zhuang: sawgun — CJKV character