kanjin.

Brit.

/ˈkandʒi/, U.S.

/ˈkɑndʒi/

Etymology: Japanese, < kan Chinese + ji letter, character.

(a) The corpus of borrowed and adapted Chinese ideographs which forms the principal part of the Japanese writing system. Cf. kana n. (b) Any one of these ideographs. Used esp. attributively.

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society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > Japanese

kanji1920

society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > of specific languages > Japanese

kana1727

katakana1727

hiragana1822

manyogana1841

kanji1920

society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > of specific languages > Japanese

kanji1920

1920 W. M. McGovern Colloq. Japanese 7 The Honji or Kanji consist of the ideographs taken over from China.

1960 New Scientist 21 Apr. 1014/3 The Japanese newspaper contains roughly 50 per cent. kanji or Chinese characters, 40 per cent. kana letters or phonetic signs, and 10 per cent. Arabic figures and other signs.

1964 M. Critchley Developmental Dyslexia iv. 14 More difficulty was experienced in reading the syllabary Kana script than the ideographic Kanji symbols of Chinese origin.

1965 W. Swaan Japanese Lantern vi. 74 The immense prestige of the kanji (Chinese characters) proved irresistible.

1972 Mainichi Daily News (Japan) 6 Nov. 17/4 (advt.) Plastic Kanji Cards... All the 1,900 symbolic characters now used in Japanese newspapers and magazines, in Plastic Cards.

1972 Mainichi Daily News (Japan) 6 Nov. 17/4 (advt.) An easy method to learn the 1,900 Chinese-Japanese characters (Kanji) now used.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kanji
释义	kanjin. Brit. /ˈkandʒi/, U.S. /ˈkɑndʒi/ Etymology: Japanese, < kan Chinese + ji letter, character. (a) The corpus of borrowed and adapted Chinese ideographs which forms the principal part of the Japanese writing system. Cf. kana n. (b) Any one of these ideographs. Used esp. attributively. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > Japanese kanji1920 society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > of specific languages > Japanese kana1727 katakana1727 hiragana1822 manyogana1841 kanji1920 society > communication > writing > system of writing > [adjective] > of specific languages > Japanese kanji1920 1920 W. M. McGovern Colloq. Japanese 7 The Honji or Kanji consist of the ideographs taken over from China. 1960 New Scientist 21 Apr. 1014/3 The Japanese newspaper contains roughly 50 per cent. kanji or Chinese characters, 40 per cent. kana letters or phonetic signs, and 10 per cent. Arabic figures and other signs. 1964 M. Critchley Developmental Dyslexia iv. 14 More difficulty was experienced in reading the syllabary Kana script than the ideographic Kanji symbols of Chinese origin. 1965 W. Swaan Japanese Lantern vi. 74 The immense prestige of the kanji (Chinese characters) proved irresistible. 1972 Mainichi Daily News (Japan) 6 Nov. 17/4 (advt.) Plastic Kanji Cards... All the 1,900 symbolic characters now used in Japanese newspapers and magazines, in Plastic Cards. 1972 Mainichi Daily News (Japan) 6 Nov. 17/4 (advt.) An easy method to learn the 1,900 Chinese-Japanese characters (Kanji) now used. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1920
随便看	to counsel a thing to count and reckon to count down to count for to count for etc to count for little to count for much to count for nothing to count kin to count noses to count out to count out a measure to count out a member to count out the house to count sheep to count ten to count up to count up to ten to count upon to countenance out to coup the crans to coup the crans, or creels to bend, bow, drop, fold, put the one's knee to bepamphletize to bestir one's stumps