汉字
hàn zì
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 漢字
Chinese characters, the script of the Chinese language, or any one character of it. Knowing a character is 认识: 我认识两百个汉字 'I know two hundred characters'. The measure word is 个.
Chữ Hán, thứ chữ dùng để viết tiếng Trung, hoặc từng chữ một trong đó. “Biết” một chữ là 认识: 我认识两百个汉字 (tôi biết hai trăm chữ Hán). Lượng từ là 个.
NounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “hán tự” (han-tu). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “汉字” mean?
Chinese characters, the script of the Chinese language, or any one character of it. Knowing a character is 认识: 我认识两百个汉字 'I know two hundred characters'. The measure word is 个.
Is “汉字” formal or informal?
汉字 is generally neutral.