Hanja vs. Kanji

Hanja vs. Kanji — Is There a Difference?

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Difference Between Hanja and Kanji

Hanjanoun

The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature. Compare hangeul, the Korean phonetic script.

Kanjinoun

(uncountable) The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters.

Japanese is written in a mixture of kanji and kana.

Kanjinoun

Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language.

I know about a thousand kanji.

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