honji

Borrowed from Cantonese 漢字 / 汉字 (hon³ zi⁶, “Han Chinese character”), with possible influence from Hokkien 漢字 / 汉字 (hàn-jī, “Han Chinese character”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (xàn, “Han dynasty; China”) + 字 (dzì, “[written] character”). Compare Mandarin 漢字 / 汉字 (hànzì), Japanese 漢字 (kanji), Korean 한자(漢字) (hanja). Doublet of hanja, hanzi and kanji.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈhond͡ʒi/ [ˈhoɲ.d͡ʒi]
• Rhymes: -ond͡ʒi
• Syllabification: hon‧ji

honji (uncountable)

1. Hanzi; Chinese character

• kanji
• hanzi

• “honji” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

honji

1. Rōmaji transcription of ほんじ