Hanja

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Languages	Korean
Parent systems	Oracle Bone Script
Sister systems	Kanji
	Bopomofo
	Traditional Chinese characters
	Chữ Nôm
	Khitan scripts
	Jurchen script
	Tangut script
Date of Reg.	2019-12-29 03:34:20
Date of Upd.	2023-02-10 07:48:39
ID	2164450

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About Hanja

Hanja also known as Choson-ja by Japanese and overseas Koreans is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically, it refers to the Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation.

Crossing Divides: Two Koreas divided by a fractured language

Feb 16,2020 3:24 am

... The Korean language s ancient rootsKorean is one of the world s oldest languages, but its current form was introduced in the 15th Century when King Sejong the Great introduced Hunminjeongeum (Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People) as a simplified phonetic system to replace the Chinese-based Hanja...