kanji

kan·ji

(kän′jē)

n. pl. kanji or kan·jis

1. A Japanese system of writing based on borrowed or modified Chinese characters.

2. A character used in this system of writing.

[Japanese : kan, Chinese (from Middle Chinese xan`); see Han¹ + ji, character (from Middle Chinese dzı̷^h; also the source of Mandarin jì and akin to Mandarin zǐ, child, since certain characters were said to be derived from simpler characters, and ultimately derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsa, child; akin to Tibetan tsha, grandchild).]

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kanji

(ˈkændʒɪ; ˈkɑːn-)

n, pl -ji or -jis

1. (Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) a Japanese writing system using characters mainly derived from Chinese ideograms

2. (Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) a character in this system

[Japanese, from Chinese han Chinese + zi character]

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kan•ji

(ˈkɑn dʒi)

n.

a system of Japanese writing using Chinese-derived characters.

[1915–20; < Japanese]

Translations

Kanji

漢字

кандзи

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