kanji

EnglishEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

kanji (plural kanji)

Chinese characters as used in the Japanese language.

Related termsEdit

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

TranslationsEdit

Chinese characters in Japanese context

Arabic: كانجي (ar) m (kaanjiy), طابع يابانية m (Taabi` yabaaniy), حرف ياباني m (Harf yabaaniy)
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
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)
Persian: کانجی (kânji)
Portuguese: kanji (pt) m
Russian: кандзи (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
Thai: คันจิ (kan-jì)
Vietnamese: Chữ Kanji, chữ Nhật (字日)