Sinosphere

English

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

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

Sinosphere (plural not attested)

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

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)

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