국자

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gukja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gugja
McCune–Reischauer?kukcha
Yale Romanization?kwukca

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

국자 • (gukja)

  1. ladle

Etymology 2

Examples (Han characters used only in Korea)

답 (畓, dap)
돌 (乭, dol)
소 (㸴, so)
기 (怾, gi)

Sino-Korean word from 國字, from 國 (“country; nation”) + 字 (“writing”). Compare Japanese 国字 (“kokuji”)

Noun

국자 • (gukja) (hanja 國字)

  1. gukja (Han characters invented outside of China)
  2. national script, particularly hangul, the Korean national script
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See also
  • Category:Korean-only CJKV Characters
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