Hanja

noun

The verdict

“Hanja” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichnung für die im Koreanischen verwendeten chinesischen Schriftzeichen

Corpus desk

Index DE-hanja · Hanja · German

Hanja · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "H" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for Hanja
PropertyValue
HeadwordHanja
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Hanja“ im Deutschen

Hanjaschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Hanja is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bezeichnung für die im Koreanischen verwendeten chinesischen Schriftzeichen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hanja, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Hanja, spelled H-A-N-J-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bezeichnung für die im Koreanischen verwendeten chinesischen Schriftzeichen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Hanja appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Mit Hanja werden nur chines. Lehnwörter geschrieben, […].“

Synonyms

HanmunHan-Zeichen

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hanja"?
"Hanja" is spelled H-A-N-J-A.
What does "Hanja" mean?
As a noun, "Hanja" means: Bezeichnung für die im Koreanischen verwendeten chinesischen Schriftzeichen
What language does "Hanja" come from?
"Hanja" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list