gaiji
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 外字, literally "external characters".
Noun
[edit]gaiji (plural gaiji)
- A Japanese character that is valid in a given writing system but not included in the present font and/or character encoding, and which therefore is displayed using an additional mechanism.[1][2] Mutually distinct from tofu and from mojibake.
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[edit]Japanese
[edit]Romanization
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