Sinosphere

English

"Chinese character (Hànzì) cultural sphere" and "East Asia Cultural sphere" written in (from left to right) Japanese, traditional Vietnamese, traditional Korean, and simplified and traditional Chinese characters.

Etymology

From Sino- +‎ -sphere, coined by James Matisoff along with Indosphere in his 1990 article "On Megalocomparison".[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sinosphere

The area of East and Southeast Asia considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture.

Synonyms

Sinesia (archaic)

Coordinate terms

Sinesian (archaic); Sinaic (obsolete)

Translations

Area considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture

Asturian: Sinoesfera
Chinese:
Mandarin: (Chinese cultural sphere) 中華文化圈／中华文化圈 (zh) (Zhōnghuá wénhuàquān), (Chinese character cultural sphere) 漢字文化圈／汉字文化圈 (zh) (hànzì wénhuàquān)
Danish: sinosfære c
Dutch: Sinosfeer
Finnish: itäaasialainen kulttuuripiiri
French: sinosphère (fr) f
German: Sinosphäre f
Italian: sinosfera f
Japanese: 漢字文化圏 (かんじぶんかけん)
Korean: 한자 문화권 (hanja munhwagwon)
Lithuanian: Sinosfera
Norwegian: Sinosfæren
Portuguese: sinosfera f
Spanish: sinoesfera f
Vietnamese: vùng văn hoá chữ Hán, vùng văn hoá Á Đông, vùng văn hoá Đông Á

References

Victor Mair (2012 November 8) “Sinophone and Sinosphere”, in Language Log‎, retrieved 23 April 2020

Anagrams

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[1] Victor Mair (2012 November 8) “Sinophone and Sinosphere”, in Language Log‎, retrieved 23 April 2020