Sinosphere

English

"Chinese character (Hànzì) cultural sphere" and "East Asia Cultural sphere" written in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

Sinosphere (plural not attested)

Countries and regions in East Asia that have been historically influenced by the culture of China.

Translations

regions in East Asia influenced by 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 hóa chữ Hán, Hán tự văn hóa quyển (vi)

References

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

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