kokuji

English

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Etymology

Japanese 国字 (こくじ, kokuji, “native script”).

Noun

kokuji (plural kokuji)

1. (Japanese language) kanji characters invented in Japan

Translations

kanji characters invented in Japan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (no exact term exists) 日本漢字 (cmn), 日本汉字 (cmn) (Rìběn hànzì), 日文漢字 (cmn), 日文汉字 (cmn) (Rìwén hànzì)

• French: kokuji (fr) m

• Japanese: 国字 (ja) (こくじ, kokuji)
• Korean: 일문한자 (ko) (ilmun hanja) (日文漢字 (ko))
• Russian: кокудзи (ru) (kokudzí) m (indeclinable)

Usage notes

• Some kokuji have since been used in Chinese languages; see Category:Japanese-coined CJKV characters used outside Japanese.
• Some kokkun (characters borrowed from Chinese, but given different meanings in Japanese) are often mislabeled as kokuji.
• Japanese simplifications are instead referred to as 新字体 (しんじたい, shinjitai, “new character forms”).

See also

• Category:Japanese-coined CJKV characters
• hanja
• hanzi
• kanji
• 新字体 (しんじたい, shinjitai, “new character forms”).