Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A Japanese system of writing based on borrowed or modified Chinese characters.
- n. A character used in this system of writing.
Wiktionary
- n. Chinese characters as used for the Japanese language.
Etymologies
- Romanization of Japanese 漢字 (かんじ) (literally “Chinese characters”), from the Mandarin Chinese 漢字 (hànzì). (Wiktionary)
- Japanese : kan, Chinese (from Middle Chinese xanh) + ji, characters (from Middle Chinese dzih). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“If that doesn't tip us off, the header written in Japanese kanji should!”
“On the train, use in-car electronic signs (often in kanji, kana, and romaji), route diagrams, announcements in Japanese and sometimes English, platform signs at the stations you pass, and/or the map clutched in your sweaty paw to track your progress.”
“In a moment, those words filled a cartoon-style balloon, were printed out first in Japanese kanji, and then in English letters.”
“In Japan, an iPhone game called kanji kentei - a character quiz with”
“Mar 18th, 2010 at 10: 36 am ceh: not to be an asshole, but kanji is the japanese term for “chinese characters.””
“Just in case you can’t read, the kanji is “heart”.”
“Written Japanese also uses Chinese characters called kanji, but these aren't covered on the disc.”
“The name and menu are written in Japanese kanji rather than Western letters, in a large, easy-to-read font.”
“The Japanese language is written with a combination of three different types of scripts: modified Chinese characters called kanji (漢字), and two syllabic scripts made up of modified Chinese characters, hiragana (平仮名) and katakana (片仮名).”
“But Chinese characters are also used in various forms in Japanese (where they are known as kanji) and Korean (hanja).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘kanji’.
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Dictionary words
Words from the names of various dictionaries.
dictionary, college, heritage, Webster's, American, rhyming, compendious, English, language, Oxford, new, Wordnik and 56 more...
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Penmanship
Spencerian method, Palmer method, Platt R. Spencer, cursive, round hand, running hand, handwriting, stylus, pen, vellum, penmanship, script and 86 more...
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patterns
ergodic, stochastic, stereopsis, echolocation, holocation, broker, map, intarsia, encipher, ocellus, muslin, mandelbrot set and 159 more...
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Professional Scrabble Lexicon (TWL)
A myriad of game-changing words every Scrabble addict must have in his arsenal.
Keep in mind that these are all tried-and-true feasibly playable words selected for their handiness, i.e...paragon, pignora, ganef, suttee, origan, ohia, aioli, abasement, lehr, mho, tallow, harelike and 843 more...
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Land of the Rising Sun
The culture, the words, the idiosyncracies of Japan.
salaryman, r�?maji, ronin, kanji, hiragana, katakana, kabuki, karaoke, itadakimasu, gaiden, sumi-e, bushido and 39 more...
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writing
words associated with writing and writing systems
bokmål, hangul, kana, circumflex, diacritic, umlaut, tréma, hanzi, hiragana, kanji, katakana, pinyin and 5 more...
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uberWENSCH's Words
glisten, uxorious, staccato, mellifluous, eminence grise, cuckold, brilliantine, stave, elan, porte cochere, donjon, ars and 61 more...
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strange j's
j is a funny letter, 'specially when conjoined with i
fuji, jibber-jabber, jibe, jicama, jinx, jujitsu, kanji, hajji, djinn, jihad, ouija, frijoles and 25 more...
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Japan
Words associated with Japan or japanese.
kanji, kana, hiragana, katakana, harakiri, sudoku, pillow book, heian, lady-in-waiting, sakura, doll festival, nori and 22 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for kanji.
erinmckean The original Wordnik mandate had an implied "English" in there ... so "All the (English) words." We'll get to all the other languages eventually, provided they form an orderly queue. :-) Nov 21, 2009
vanishedone 'All the words'? Only if our available fonts include all these characters. Nov 21, 2009
winddancer I believe 'kan' means "ancient Chinese" 'ji' means "character, letter" Jul 16, 2009
fbharjo ideograph May 19, 2009