Borrowed fromCantonese漢字 /汉字(hon3 zi6,“Han Chinese character”), with possible influence fromHokkien漢字 /汉字(hàn-jī,“Han Chinese character”), fromMiddle Chinese漢(xàn,“Han dynasty; China”) +字(dzì,“[written] character”). CompareMandarin漢字 /汉字(hànzì),Japanese漢字(kanji),Korean한자(漢字)(hanja).Doublet ofhanja,hanzi andkanji.
honji (uncountable)
honji