kanji

Meaning

Noun

  • The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters.
  • Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Japanese , from Middle Chinese + Middle Chinese (compare Korean 한자, Mandarin 漢字, Vietnamese Hán tự). hanja.

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