かんじ
Meanings
Noun
1. kanji; Chinese character
Pitch accent
か
んじ
Composed of
China; Han dynasty (of China; 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
Used in vocabulary (36 in total)
jōyō kanji; kanji for common use; list of 2,136 kanji designated for common use (introduced in 1981, revised in 2010)
kanji conversion
kanji representation; representation in Chinese characters; way of writing (a word) in kanji
kanji dictionary; Chinese character dictionary
kanji aptitude test (esp. the Kanji Kentei); The Japan Kanji Aptitude Test
tōyō kanji; list of 1,850 kanji approved for general use in 1946, superseded by the jōyō kanji in 1981
countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used
mixed writing (kanji and kana)
old-style kanji
jinmeiyō kanji; non-jōyō kanji legally permitted for use in personal names
restrictions on the number of kanji recognized for usage (recognised)
Chinese-character cultural sphere; Sinosphere; countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used
supplementary kanji; 5,801 kanji coded in JIS X 0212 to supplement those in JIS X 0208
the 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese elementary schools
restricted kanji; limited number of kanji designated for daily use
kanji test; test of kanji skills
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
unified Chinese character
single kanji
dialectal kanji; kanji only used in a specific region
kanji printed as ruby, usually to explain kana
kanji support
Han unification
kanji encoding method
non-jōyō kanji; kanji not included in the common-use kanji list
direct kanji input (as opposed to kana-kanji conversion)
the 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese elementary schools
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
Kanjigen (character dictionary published by Gakken)
The Japan Kanji Aptitude Test
Examples (15 in total)
I've decided to study kanji.
I can write kanji.
How many kanji characters are there?