Word Meaning 漢語

かんご kango

漢語 is read as かんご (kango) and means Japanese word of Chinese origin.

Meaning

English

  1. Japanese word of Chinese origin
  2. Sino-Japanese word
  3. language of the Han people
  4. Chinese

Reading

Kana

かんご

Romaji

kango

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Antonyms 和語 Related Words 中国語,中文,漢文,ピンイン Rank 7751 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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漢蔵語

かんぞうご

Sino-Tibetan (languages)

漢越語

かんえつご

Sino-Vietnamese word

和製漢語

わせいかんご

Japanese word constructed from Sino-Japanese elements

漢字

かんじ

kanji

漢文

かんぶん

writing composed entirely of kanji

漢方

かんぽう

traditional Chinese medicine

漢人

かんじん

Chinese person (esp. Han Chinese)

漢人

からびと

Chinese person

言語

げんご

language

物語

ものがたり

story

用語

ようご

term

英語

えいご

English (language)

Example Sentences

1

Kanji compounds are originally loanwords.