kanji
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kanji¹
- /ˈkænd͡ʒi/
- /ˈkaːnd͡ʒi/ Australia
- /ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/ US
Sounds like congee (US) · Rhymes with -ændʒi
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 漢字(かんじ) (kanji, “Chinese characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (MC xanH, “Han dynasty, China”) + Middle Chinese 字 (MC dziH, “[written] character”) (Compare Korean 한자 (hanja), Mandarin 漢字 /汉字 (hànzì), Vietnamese Hán tự, Hokkien 漢字 /汉字 (hàn-jī / hàn-lī), Cantonese 漢字 /汉字 (hon³ zi⁶)). Doublet of hanja and Hanzi.
noun kanji · kanjis · Kanji
- The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters. Japanese is written in a mixture of kanji and kana.
- Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language. I know about a thousand kanji.
kanji²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi कांजी (kāñjī).
noun
- A North Indian fermented drink made with beetroot, black mustard seeds, carrots etc.
- Drink made from sugarcane vinegar.
- Rice gruel made by fermentation of rice and tastes sour.
Kanji³
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of kanji
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: chinese character, chinese, katakana, kana, kokuji, hiragana, romaji, sinogram, hanja, jukujikun, man'yōgana, writing system, stroke order, shinjitai, rōmaji, ateji
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noun Chinese characters in Japanese context
| Español | kanji |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 한자, 일문 한자 ilmun hanja, 일본어(日本語)의 한자 ilboneo-ui hanja |
| 日本語 | 漢字 |
| 中文 | 日本漢字 /日本汉字 Rìběn hànzì, 漢字 /汉字 hànzì |
| हिन्दी | कांजि kāñji, कानजी kānjī, कान्जी kānjī |
| Kiswahili | kanji |
| Português | kanji |
| Français | kanji |
| Deutsch | Kanji, japanisches Zeichen |
| Italiano | kanji |
| Ελληνικά | κάντζι kántzi |
| Русский | кандзи́ kandzí, япо́нский иеро́глиф japónskij ijeróglif |
| Tiếng Việt | chữ kanji, chữ Nhật |
| العربية | كَانْجِي kānjī, طَابِع يَابَانِيّ ṭābiʕ yābāniyy, حَرْف يَابَانِيّ ḥarf yābāniyy |
| עברית | קאנג׳י |
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title = {kanji},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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