kanji

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Alternative formsEdit

• Kanji

EtymologyEdit

From Japanese 漢字 (kanji, “Chinese characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (xàn, “Han dynasty, China”) + 字 (dzì, “[written] character”) (compare Korean 한자 (han-ja), Mandarin 汉字 (hànzì), Vietnamese Hán tự).

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: kănji, IPA^(key): /ˈkændʒi/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːndʒi/
• Rhymes: -ændʒi

NounEdit

kanji (plural kanji)

1. Chinese characters as used in the Japanese language.

Related termsEdit

• hanzi (Chinese)
• hanja (Korean)
• Hán tự (Vietnamese)

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

• kana (仮名, かな)
• hiragana (平仮名, ひらがな)
• katakana (片仮名, カタカナ)
• kyūjitai (旧字体, きゅうじたい)
• romaji (ローマ字, ろうまじ)
• shinjitai (新字体, しんじたい)
• Appendix:Joyo kanji by reading
• Wikipedia article about kanji

NounEdit

kanji m (plural kanjis)

1. kanji

RomanizationEdit

kanji

1. Rōmaji reading of かんじ

EtymologyEdit

In Lojbanized spelling.

• Chinese: ji — 計 (计) [jì]
• English: rekan — reckon
• Hindi: ganan — गणन [gaṇana]
• Spanish: kalkul — calcular

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ʒi/

GismuEdit

kanji (rafsi kaj)

1. calculate; x1 calculates/reckons/computes x2 [value (ni)/state] from data x3 by process x4.

See alsoEdit

• kancu
• jdice
• skami

NounEdit

kanji

1. starch