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Questions pertaining to Hanja: the Korean name for Chinese characters. The Korean language has borrowed Chinese characters that have been incorporated into the Korean language.

Questions pertaining to Hanja: the Korean name for Chinese characters. The Korean language has borrowed Chinese characters that have been incorporated into the Korean language. From 1446-1949 Hanja was very heavily used in the Korean language, and nowadays is commonly used in law, culture, various studies, and the language itself.