Sinosphere

English thumb|"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 en Sino sphere, en James Matisoff 1 along with en Indosphere in his 1990 article "On Megalocomparison".Victor Mair Victor H. Mair Sinophone and Sinosphere https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4306 Language Log 8 November 2012 23 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20260511141338/https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4306 11 May 2026 Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-Sinosphere.wav UK Proper noun The area of East and Southeast Asia considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture. Synonyms en Sinesia archaic Coordinate terms en Sinesian archaic; en Sinaic obsolete Derived terms en Sinospheric Translations Area considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture Asturian: ast Sinoesfera Chinese: Mandarin: Chinese cultural sphere cmn 中華文化圈 Zhōnghuá wénhuàquān, Chinese character cultural sphere cmn 漢字文化圈 hànzì wénhuàquān Danish: da sinosfære c Dutch: nl Sinosfeer Finnish: fi itäaasialainen kulttuuripiiri French: fr sinosphère f German: de Sinosphäre f Italian: it sinosfera f Japanese: ja 漢字文化圏 かんじぶんかけん Korean: ko 한자 문화권 Lithuanian: lt Sinosfera Norwegian: no Sinosfæren Portuguese: pt sinosfera f Spanish: es sinoesfera f Vietnamese: vi vùng văn hoá chữ Hán, vi vùng văn hoá Á Đông, vi vùng văn hoá Đông Á References Anagrams en eehinoprss shore pines shore snipe spheronise en China