kanji

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 2 Japanese 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 See also 3 Lojban 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Gismu 3.3.1 Related terms 4 Malay 4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Romanization of Japanese 漢字 (かんじ) (literally “Chinese characters”), from the Mandarin Chinese hanzi.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: kănji, IPA: /ˈkændʒi/, SAMPA: /"k{ndZi/

  Rhymes: -ændʒi

[edit] Noun

kanji (plural kanji)

1. Chinese characters, one of the three main writing systems of Japanese. Kanji were borrowed from the Chinese language in three waves, starting in the 5th century. There are two main ways of reading most characters, the kun’yomi (Japanese reading, 訓読み) and the on’yomi (Chinese reading, 音読み). There may also be a nanori or name reading that is used for people and places.

[edit] Related terms

• hanja (Korean)
• hanzi (Chinese)

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• 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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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

kanji (hiragana かんじ)

1. 漢字: kanji

[edit] See also

• かな (仮名, kana)
• かたかな (片仮名, katakana)
• ひらがな (平仮名, hiragana)

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[edit] Lojban

[edit] Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'kanʒji/

[edit] Gismu

kanji (rafsi kaj)

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

[edit] Related terms

• kancu
• jdice
• skami

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[edit] Malay

[edit] Noun

kanji

1. starch