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国字

国字

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 國字.
(This term, 国字, is the simplified form of 國字.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こく
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

国字 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 國字, hiragana こくじ, romaji kokuji)

  1. Kanji characters originally invented in Japan, kokuji.

Synonyms

  • 和製漢字 (わせいかんじ) (waseikanji): “Japanese-made Chinese characters”

See also

  • Category:Japanese-coined CJKV characters

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3