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Kanji

Kanji

See also: kanji

English

Proper noun

Kanji

Alternative letter-case form of kanji

Translations

kanji — see kanji

German

Noun

Kanji n ‎(genitive Kanji or Kanjis, plural Kanji or Kanjis)

kanji

Japanese

Romanization

Kanji

rōmaji reading of かんじ

kanji

kanji

See also: Kanji

English

Alternative forms

Kanji

Noun

kanji ‎(plural kanji or kanjis)

Any of the Chinese characters as used in the Japanese language.

Related terms

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

Translations

Chinese characters in Japanese context

Arabic: كَانْجِي (ar) m ‎(kānjī), طَابِع يَابَانِيّ m ‎(ṭābiʿ yābāniyy), حَرْف يَابَانِيّ m ‎(ḥarf yābāniyy)
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 (fi)
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)
Mongolian: канжи ‎(kanži)
Persian: کانجی ‎(kânji)
Portuguese: kanji (pt) m
Russian: кандзи́ (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
Swedish: kanji (sv)
Thai: คันจิ (th) ‎(kan-jì)
Turkish: kanji
Vietnamese: Chữ Kanji, chữ Nhật (字日)

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

French

Noun

kanji m ‎(plural kanjis)

kanji

Japanese

Romanization

kanji

rōmaji reading of かんじ

Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ʒi/

Gismu

kanji ‎(rafsi kaj)

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

See also

Malay

Noun

kanji

starch

Portuguese

Noun

kanji m (plural kanjis)

kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context)