国字

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 国字 – see 國字 (“Chinese character; national script; national writing system”). (This term, 国字, is the simplified form of 國字.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
国	字
こく Grade: 2	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
國字 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こくじ [kòkújí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝʑi]

Noun

国(こく)字(じ) • (kokuji) 

1. kokuji (kanji invented outside of China)

Hyponyms

• 和製漢字(わせいかんじ) (wasei kanji, literally “Japanese-made characters”)
• 和字(わじ) (waji, literally “Japanese characters”)

See also

• Category:Japanese-coined CJKV characters