kanji

See also: Kanji

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EnglishEdit

Wikipedia

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 ‎(hanja), Mandarin 汉字 ‎(hànzì), Vietnamese Hán tự).

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

kanji ‎(plural kanji or kanjis)

1. Any of the Chinese characters as used in the Japanese language.

Related termsEdit

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

TranslationsEdit

Chinese characters in Japanese context

• Arabic: كَانْجِي (ar) m ‎(kānjī), طَابِع يَابَانِيّ m ‎(ṭābiʿ yābāniyy), حَرْف يَابَانِيّ m ‎(ḥarf yābāniyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (when used in Japanese) 日本漢字, 日本汉字 ‎(Rìběn hànzì), (any Chinese character) 漢字 (zh), 汉字 (zh) ‎(hànzì)

• Czech: kandži (cs) m
• Dutch: kanji (nl) n
• Finnish: kanji (fi)
• French: kanji (fr) m
• German: Kanji (de) n, japanisches Zeichen n
• Hebrew: קאנג'י
• Hungarian: kandzsi (hu)
• Italian: kanji (it) m
• Japanese: (any Chinese character) 漢字 (ja) ‎(かんじ, kanji), (specifically Chinese characters used in Japan) 日本における漢字 ‎(Nihon ni okeru kanji)

• Korean: (any Chinese character) 한자 (ko) ‎(hanja) (漢字), 일문 한자 ‎(ilmun hanja) (日文漢字)
• Macedonian: канџи m ‎(kandží)
• Malay: kanji (ms)
• Marathi: कान्जी n ‎(kānjī)
• Mongolian: канжи ‎(kanži)
• Persian: کانجی ‎(kânji)
• Portuguese: kanji (pt) m
• Russian: кандзи́ (ru) m ‎(kandzí), японский иероглиф (japónskij ijeróglif) m
• Serbo-Croatian: канђи m, kanđi m, kanji m
• Slovak: kandži m
• Spanish: carácter japonés m
• Swahili: kanji
• Swedish: kanji (sv)
• Thai: คันจิ (th) ‎(kan-jì)
• Turkish: kanji
• Vietnamese: Chữ Kanji, chữ Nhật (字日)

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

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FrenchEdit

NounEdit

kanji m ‎(plural kanjis)

1. kanji

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

kanji

1. rōmaji reading of かんじ

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LojbanEdit

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

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MalayEdit

NounEdit

kanji

1. starch

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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

kanji m (plural kanjis)

1. kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context)