ALL meanings of kanji
kan·ji
K k - noun Technical meaning of kanji (human language, character) /kahn'jee/ (From the Japanese "kan" - the Chinese Han dynasty, and "ji" - glyph or letter of the alphabet. Not capitalised. Plural "kanji") The Japanese word for a Han character used in Japanese. Kanji constitute a part of the writing system used to represent the Japanese language in written, printed and displayed form. The term is also used for the collection of all kanji letters. The Japanese writing system also uses hiragana, katakana, and sometimes romaji (Roman alphabet letters). These characters are distinct from, though commonly used in combination with, kanji. Furigana are also added sometimes. 1
- noun plural kanji a system of Japanese writing using Chinese-derived characters. 1
- noun plural kanji a character in this system. 1
- noun kanji A system of Japanese writing using Chinese characters. 1
- noun kanji Any of the Chinese characters as used in the Japanese language. 0
- noun kanji a Japanese writing system using characters mainly derived from Chinese ideograms 0
- noun kanji a character in this system 0
- noun kanji the portion of the Japanese writing system whose characters are based on Chinese ideographs 0
- noun kanji any of these characters 0