Hanja

If you go there, you see 'Hanja' only at temples and in China town.

Hanja (Chinese characters) in Korean language Sun Bin 2006

Hangul was intentionally invented (commissioned by a 15th century king) to promote literacy and be a "native" writing system to supplant the morphographic writing system based on Chinese characters (Hanja).

Making Light: New Magics and New Skies, in Korean 2010

Koreans used Chinese characters millennia ago, and today they still use some characters Hanja along with a phonetic alphabet called Hangeul, invented in the fifteenth century.

ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

•Have your information printed in English on one side of your card and in Korean using either Hangeul or Hanja; see page 277 on the other side.

ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

Koreans used Chinese characters millennia ago, and today they still use some characters Hanja along with a phonetic alphabet called Hangeul, invented in the fifteenth century.

ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

Koreans used Chinese characters millennia ago, and today they still use some characters Hanja along with a phonetic alphabet called Hangeul, invented in the fifteenth century.

ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

•Have your information printed in English on one side of your card and in Korean using either Hangeul or Hanja; see page 277 on the other side.

ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

•Have your information printed in English on one side of your card and in Korean using either Hangeul or Hanja; see page 277 on the other side.

ASIAN BUSINESS CUSTOMS & MANNERS MARY MURRAY BOSROCK 2007

Learning Kanjia (or Hanja, or traditional or simplified chinese) will clue you in to a lot of basic writing (think placenames and product names) that would be mysterious anyway.

Question of the Day: Should Purpleslog Learn a Second Language? « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2006

One of the bonus of reviving Hanja is convenience for Chinese and Japanese tourists in Korea.

Archive 2006-02-01 Sun Bin 2006