漢語

かんご · kango · JLPT N1 · noun

word

漢 (Han, China) + 語 (language, word) = a word from Chinese, i.e. a Sino-Japanese word

Kango words are Japanese vocabulary borrowed from Chinese and read with Chinese-derived sounds. 漢語 is itself a kango word: 漢 Han/China plus 語 language.

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