CJK characters

[ˌsiː dʒeɪ ˈkeɪ ˈkærəktərz]
nounpl: CJK characters
caracteres CJK
1. A collective term for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters used in writing systems, including Chinese hanzi, Japanese kanji/hiragana/katakana, and Korean hangul
CJK characters require special Unicode support for proper display on digital devices.
Os caracteres CJK requerem suporte Unicode especial para exibição adequada em dispositivos digitais.
2. Characters from the CJK Unified Ideographs block in Unicode encoding standard
The software needs to handle CJK characters for international text processing.
O software precisa lidar com caracteres CJK para processamento de texto internacional.
CJK is primarily a technical and academic term used in computing, software development, and typography. It emerged as digital systems expanded globally to support non-Latin writing systems. In Brazil and Portugal, the term is used mainly by IT professionals and linguists. In the USA, it's standard terminology in tech industries dealing with internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n).
Synonyms / Sinônimos
East Asian charactersideographic characterslogographic charactersHan characters
Antonyms / Antônimos
Latin charactersalphabetic charactersRoman alphabet

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
caracteres CJK
Standard term used in computing and linguistic contexts
Portugal
caracteres CJK
Same usage as Brazilian Portuguese, primarily technical context
General English (USA)
CJK characters
Acronym commonly used in technology, typography, and linguistics

Related Words

Unicodehanzikanjihangulideographsencodingtypography
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