caractère chinois
\ka.ʁak.tɛʁ ʃi.nwa\
The verdict
“caractère chinois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Logogramme chinois qui a un son et un ou plusieurs sens, aussi utilisé en japonais et autrefois en coréen et en vietnamien.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caractère chinois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʁak.tɛʁ ʃi.nwa\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caractère chinois” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
caractère chinois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʁak.tɛʁ ʃi.nwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Logogramme chinois qui a un son et un ou plusieurs sens, aussi utilisé en japonais et autrefois en coréen et en vietnamien.".
No misspelling variants are generated for caractère chinois in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is caractère chinois, spelled C-A-R-A-C-T-È-R-E- -C-H-I-N-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Logogramme chinois qui a un son et un ou plusieurs sens, aussi utilisé en japonais et autrefois en coréen et en vietnamien.
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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.
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Using “caractère chinois”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-R-A-C-T-È-R-E- -C-H-I-N-O-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.ʁak.tɛʁ ʃi.nwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.