letter (of alphabet); character; writing
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
literally; to the letter; literal
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
cross; crossed; cruciform
surname; family name; last name
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
straight; as the crow flies
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
(one) letter; (one) character
dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
four characters; four letters
printing; typing; printed character; typed character; character(s) carved onto a seal
word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language
omitted character; omitted letter
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
number of characters; number of letters; word count
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
character style; character form
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font
corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text
nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); (lit.) "river" character
emoticon; smiley; kaomoji
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
hieroglyph; hieroglyphic character
abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character; acronym; abbreviation
English letter; alphabetic character
to bend over in the shape of the hiragana character ku; to bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
to have a cross to bear; to carry a heavy burden
literally; self-explanatorily
loop; shape of a hiragana "no"
number of characters; number of letters
script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham)
kanji for common use; jōyō kanji; list of 2,136 kanji established in 2010, formerly a list of 1,945 established in 1981
character information; character data; textual data
spreading one's legs open wide with knees bent, creating the shape of the letter M (pornographic pose)
hieroglyph; hieroglyphics
ornamental writing (esp. initial letters); decorative lettering; fancy script
lowercase letter; small letter
kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading
walking encyclopedia; walking dictionary
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
subscript; superscript; index
letter by letter; character by character
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; swastika-shaped family crest
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
one (written) character; (arch.) Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum)
pyramid; monumental work; landmark achievement
wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token
woman's handwriting; hiragana
Chinese numerals; kanji numerals
literal meaning (of a word, etc.)
meaning of a word; sense of a word
character written by brush; brush-stroke character
English-language newspaper
symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)
the L-word (i.e. love); being in love
making a loss; incurring a deficit
D-pad (directional keypad on a video game game controller, remote control, etc.)
unit of five (in tallies, etc.)
number of characters per line, page, etc.
deficit operation; operating at a loss; being in the red
handwritten letter; handwritten character
small type or handwriting
hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.
moving into the black; becoming profitable
Number of the Beast (i.e. 666)
Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)
Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text
Lindera triloba (species of spicebush)
strokes in a Chinese character; stroke count of a Chinese character
written letters; handwriting
tape transcription; transcribing from recorded tape; audio-typing
addiction to the printed word; reading addict; book (print) junkie
Cyrillic alphabet; Cyrillic character
the Japanese syllabary symbols
first letter; first letters; initial
Greek character; Greek characters
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
dictionary of Chinese characters; kanji dictionary
dictionary of Chinese characters; kanji dictionary; dictionary
English letter; alphabetic character
ancient character (esp. Chinese); ancient writing
text entry; character entry
variant character; variant form of a character (esp. kanji)
ideogram; ideograph; ideographic script
astronomical figure; astronomical number
aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature
swastika (in its clockwise form, esp. as a Nazi symbol)
old character form; kyūjitai; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
external character; user-defined character; kanji not included in the jōyō or jinmeiyō list; foreign letters (esp. of a western language); foreign writing
fingerspelling (in sign language for the deaf); finger alphabet
ornate initial; capital letters; flowers planted to form characters
V-shaped recovery; sharp recovery
character encoding (e.g. JIS, Unicode, etc.); character code
tactile paving (for the blind); bumpy tiling; Braille block
pen writing; character written with a pen
phonetic symbol; phonogram; phonetic script
character written in a cursive style
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
hieroglyph; hieroglyphics
arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message
official writing system of a country; official script; kana (as opposed to kanji); Japanese syllabary; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
crossroads; street crossing
Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)
kanji dictionary; character dictionary
the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
new character form; shinjitai; simplified form of kanji used in Japan since 1946
test of kanji skills; kanji test
daily-use kanji (superseded in 1981)
old character form; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
Phoenician alphabet; Phoenician character
writing characters in the air with one's behind (by moving one's hips)
first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things)
standard printed form (of kanji); any of 1,022 non-joyo kanji commonly used in print
lettering on the spine of a book
Hebrew alphabet; Hebrew letter
returning to profit; turnaround
drawn lettering; sound effects lettering
single letter; single character
ancient Japanese characters (regarded today as created at a much more recent date)
gold letters; letters written in gold paint
Rosicrucian; Fellowship of the Rosy Cross
to make a typo; to type the wrong character
block of multiple characters arranged in a space equivalent to that of a single character
extended new character forms; extension of new character forms
hieratic (ancient Egyptian script)
Tenpyō-hōji era (757.8.18-765.1.7)
simplified Chinese character
disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits
International Committee of the Red Cross
correctly written character; kanji used with its original meaning; traditional kanji; unsimplified kanji
deficit-covering (government) bond
writing system using unconventional characters and symbols, esp. used by young women in texting
figure-four (pro wrestling move); figure-four leg lock
punctuation words in haiku, renga, etc. such as "ya", "kana", "keri", etc.
Japanese character (i.e. kana, kanji)
the one-character reply ("no") offered by Zhaozhou to the question "Does a dog have Buddha nature?"
beautifully written (Chinese) character
character written by brush; brush-stroke character
printed characters (as opposed to Braille)
countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used
newly created character; newly introduced (kanji) character (in a textbook); new character form; shinjitai
the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage
waka, haiku, etc. with insufficient syllables
entry kanji in a kanji dictionary; capital letter; matrix (printing); kanji corresponding to furigana
silver-gilt letters; silvery letters
woman's loincloth (worn as a kimono underskirt); single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath)
kite with a (kanji or kana) character written on it
flat sedge hat; bamboo hat
man's handwriting; kanji; Chinese characters
Latin alphabet; Latin character
multibyte character; multibyte encoding; variable-width encoding
dyslexia; paralexia; reading disorder
personal meeting (esp. used by females)
written language; literary language
letter (of an alphabet); syllabic character; matrix; printing type; representative character of a Middle Chinese initial consonant
loss-making corporation; money-losing enterprise; lossmaker
carving characters; carved characters
kanji (as opposed to kana); original form of a Chinese character (as opposed to a simplified or abbreviated form); Chinese character from which another Chinese character derives
space between letters or characters; inter-character space
spelling rules; orthography
mouth shaped like a kana "he" character; mouth turned down at the corners
type printing; letterpress printing; typography
kanji for "takara" (impressed on the obverse of a coin)
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style
wooden spoon; ladle; rice scoop
anterior cruciate ligament; ACL
native Japanese characters (i.e. hiragana and katakana); kana; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
kanji officially for use in names
omitted character; omitted letter
Russian alphabet; Russian characters
losses; deficit; amount in the red
restrictions on the number of kanji recognized for usage (recognised)
omission of a character; omitted character; blank type; insertion of blank spaces before and after the names of dignitaries (as a sign of respect)
the Japanese reading of a kanji
characters used by Western civilization (esp. the Latin alphabet)
informal variant of a Chinese character; popular form of a Chinese character
subtitled version (of a movie)
to distort; to parody; to make a pun
clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
romanization (representation of foreign words using the Roman alphabet); romanized spelling
Kangxi dictionary; Chinese dictionary of 1716, which popularized the system of 214 radicals
four-letter word (esp. in English)
printed form (of writing); print; typeface
homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form
simplified form (of a kanji); any of 22 simplified non-joyo kanji variants commonly used in print
different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning)
business insolvency due to liquidity problems
mixed writing (kanji and kana)
Eight Principles of Yong; principles for writing the eight basic brush strokes in Chinese characters
green cross (safety symbol)
Egyptian script (i.e. hieroglyphs, hieratic, and demotic)
half-width character; single-byte character (ASCII, single-byte kana from JIS 201, etc.)
supplementary kanji; 5,801 kanji coded in JIS X 0212 to supplement those in JIS X 0208
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark
syllabary; phonetic symbol
designing a font; creating a new character not currently available
idle words (in a written passage); useless words; empty words
kanji used for sound equivalence
to leave a space (between words)
zig-zag motion (esp. warship)
Japanese-language newspaper (printed outside Japan)
number enclosed within a circle (symbol)
non-jōyō kanji; kanji outside the common-use kanji list
length of a character string
cursive handwriting; connected characters; running characters
subtitled (of a movie, etc.)
kana-kanji conversion (on a computer, etc.)
writing style used to write the rankings
culture of the printed word; book culture
putting into print; setting in type; printing; publishing
loss-making line (railway, bus, etc.); unprofitable route
the 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese primary schools
algebraic equation; polynomial; character expression; literal expression
text decoration (e.g. character and font effects, underline, etc.)
restricted Chinese characters
beginning character or characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu (esp. used in competitive karuta)
word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji"
mouth shaped like a kana "he" character; mouth turned down at the corners
traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
unified Chinese character
kanji meaning interpretation
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
(the so-called) kanji culture
red letter style; cutesy fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in red or pink)
different character; other character; variant character; different written form of a character
ghost character (apocryphal JIS kanji); phantom character
platform-dependent character
kanji test; test of kanji skills
word-for-word translation; literal translation
European letters; Latin script
Japanese characters; kanji and kana
hairpiece; false hair; switch; (arch.) hair
dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
incorrectly written character; kanji written with the wrong strokes; wrongly used kanji
Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina (species of rockfoil flower)
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
dialectal kanji; kanji only used in a specific region
a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable
great six-syllable mantra ("om mani padme hum")
compound ideograph (one of the six kanji classifications); kanji made up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain)
foreign-language newspaper
pre-literate society; non-literate society
list of kanji by school year
lake shaped like the kanji "heart" character (traditional Japanese gardens)
full-width character; regular character in the JIS, Unicode, etc. standards
different letter; different character; different spelling
linear script (e.g. Linear A, Linear B)
phototypesetter; phototypesetting machine
kanji left unpronounced when reading Chinese
single-kanji conversion (in an input method)
machine-dependent character; platform-dependent character
phototypesetting; photocomposition
four-letter word (vulgar English term, e.g. fuck)
shorthand symbol; stenograph; stenographic character; shorthand script
single kanji that is read twice (with different pronunciations) in the Japanese reading of Chinese texts
reading classical Chinese aloud without trying to understand the meaning; reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters
printing type made from wood
iteration mark shaped like the hiragana "ku" (used in vertical writing to represent repetition of two or more characters)
call sign (esp. maritime); distinctive letters
kanji cultural sphere; countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used
lexical unit; lexical token
demotic (ancient Egyptian script)
character class (e.g. distinct kanji character and its alternative written forms)
origin of a character; composition of a Chinese character; Chinese character from which a kana character is derived
reading of a kanji compound by meaning
kanji representing verb or adjective
decisive character (Chinese poetry)
rare character; rare kanji
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
optical character recognition; OCR
loss-making business; company operating in the red
large character; alternative kanji used for numbers (esp. in financial contexts)
big-character poster (in China); large print wall newspaper
character writing direction
field-separator character
stroke character generator
partial (character) string; substring
superscript diacritics; diacritical marks above letters
Japanese syllabary symbols; kana
upper-case letters; upper-case alphabetics
most significant digit; MSD
traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
computer output microfilm printer; COM printer
cross-head screw; Phillips-head screw; Phillips screw
magnetic ink character recognition; MICR
Magnetic Ink Character Reader; Magnetic Ink Character Recognition; MICR
Magnetic Character Reader; MCR
direct kanji input (as opposed to kana-kanji conversion)
display character entity set
definitional character entity set
stroke character generator
Asahi characters; simplified kanji formerly used by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper
specific character data entity
named character reference
contextually required token
cross-wise writing; alphabet usually written horizontally
phonetic symbol; phonogram
variant characters (usu. kanji or kana)
character expansion factor
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
superficial learning; book learning; merely knowing the meanings of a large number of individual words
iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)
conversion; converted character
kanji character with a concrete meaning
the word impossible is not in my dictionary
kanji composed entirely of duplicate radicals
alphanumeric character set
non-jōyō kanji; kanji outside the common-use kanji list
contextually optional token
alphanumeric character set
semasio-phonetic character (combining semantic and phonetic components)
made-up kanji; Chinese character of one's own creation; arranging a group of things or people to form a character; (arch.) kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); (arch.) Japanese-made kanji
full-width Roman character
least significant digit; LSD
issues pertaining to a nation's script (e.g. standardization of kanji in Japanese)
optical character recognition; OCR
furigana where kana is associated each character of a compound
function character identification parameter
optical character reader; OCR
optical character reader; OCR
Universal Character Set; UCS
auspicious characters (used in people or place names)
alphanumeric character set
coded character set; code
K-shaped recovery (parts of the economy recovering from recession at different rates, times or magnitudes)
featural script (e.g. hangul); featural writing system
syntax-reference character set
cross-head screw; Phillips-head screw; Phillips screw
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
optical character recognition; OCR
foreign-language newspaper
quoted (character) string
different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning)
significant SGML character
external character number
36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
Bopomofo; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan
replaceable character data
digit place; digit position
finger Braille; system of communicating with the deaf-blind in which the receiver's fingers are tapped like a Braille typewriter
public opinion (sentiment) as reflected in the print media
jion kanazukai (historical kana style for kanji on-yomi)
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
numeric character reference
character display (device); character-imaging device
writing style used to write the rankings
romanisation; romanization; transcribing into the Latin script
empty string; null string
knotted cords used to record figures, facts, etc.; quipu
entry kanji in a kanji dictionary
character encoding scheme
significant figures; significant digits
hidden character; non-printable character
record boundary character
primary school kanji; 1,026 kanji studied in primary school
format effector; layout character
transmission control character
substitute kanji; kanji used in place of another with the same meaning
character-coded-data-element; CC data element
double-crosspiece cross (symbol for tuberculosis prevention)
kanji printed as ruby, usually to explain kana
simplified Chinese character
auxiliary character (in kanbun)
block check character; BCC
Etruscan character; Etruscan alphabet
Dongba script (used by the Naxi People in southern China); Tomba script; Tompa script
Cretan script (Cretan hieroglyphs, Linear A, Linear B)
Sinai inscriptions; proto-Sinaitic script
Kaida glyphs; pictograms formerly used in the Yaeyama Islands
numerical musical notation
Northern Cross (asterism)
dot (matrix) printer; matrix printer
laser printer; laser beam printer
triangular pattern of objects
character printer; serial printer
non-alphanumeric character
T-square (technical drawing instrument)
Chinese four-character phrase or idiomatic expression
display and printing calculator
blue letter style; comparatively mature fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in blue)
difficult character; complicated kanji
picture formed from letters; painting representing reeds around water with rocks, grass or birds made using characters (Heian period)
single-kanji dictionary (esp. for use in an input method)
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark
half-width Roman character
new JIS kanji character code
right-facing swastika; clockwise swastika
mirror writing; mirrored script
the question of limiting the use of Chinese characters
Chinese characters; kanji
left-facing swastika; counterclockwise swastika
quipu; khipu; talking knots
caret (symbol for omitted word)
double-size character; character with a doubled width and/or height
character of questionable form
inherently optional token
Kunrei-shiki romanization (romanisation); official kana romanization system
comic font; rounded handwriting
type of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines which is often used in seals
kanji formation; character coinage
ancient seal-script character
Japanese-language newspaper (printed outside Japan)
simplification of a kanji
handwritten abbreviation (of kanji)
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character)
oblique letter; slanting character
L-shaped gutter; L-shaped drain
countries that do not use Chinese characters in their writing; non-kanji countries
variant kanji form; unorthodox kanji form; incorrect kanji form
superfluous character; character added by mistake
old JIS kanji character code
kanji dictionary with English definitions
mission golden-eyed tree frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix); Amazon milk frog; blue milk frog
Polystichum tripteron (species of the wood fern family)
spider conch (Lambis chiragra)
European waterclover (Marsilea quadrifolia); pepperwort; water shamrock
star duckweed (Lemna trisulcata); ivy duckweed
clove cherry (Prunus apetala)
ordinary woman secretly engaged in prostitution (Edo period)
hiragana character "i"; hiragana character "hi"
typesetting; printing type