'''Hanja''' are [[Chinese characters]] that are used to write [[Korean language|Korean]]. They are the same as [[traditional Chinese]] characters. Today, [[hangul]] is mostly used, but hanja is still used in [[South Korea]] and overseas Korean communities to clarify a word's meaning in Korean. Hanja is not used at all in [[North Korea]]. | '''Hanja''' are [[Chinese characters]] that are used to write [[Korean language|Korean]]. They are the same as [[traditional Chinese]] characters. Today, [[hangul]] is mostly used, but hanja is still used in [[South Korea]] and overseas Korean communities to clarify a word's meaning in Korean. Hanja is not used at all in [[North Korea]]. |