letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
literally; to the letter; literal
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
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
(piece of) type; movable type; moveable type; printed word; printed matter; 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
dial (of a meter, watch, etc.); face (of a clock); keyboard (on a typewriter, etc.); letter board (communication aid for people unable to speak); communication board
the hiragana character "ku"; chevron-shaped; dogleg-shaped
(one) letter; (one) character
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a piece of type)
(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough
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 (text or symbols); typing; printed character; typed character; character carved onto a seal
word for word; verbatim; literally
emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language
omitted character; omitted letter
number of characters; character count
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
character style; character form
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text
form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font
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
to bend over in the shape of the hiragana character ku; to bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape
gold lettering; gilt letters
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
English letter; alphabetic character
abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character; acronym; abbreviation
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
walking encyclopedia; walking dictionary
script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham)
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
spreading one's legs open wide with knees bent, creating the shape of the letter M (pornographic pose)
character information; character data; textual data
ornamental writing (esp. initial letters); decorative lettering; fancy script
lowercase letter; small letter
hieroglyph; hieroglyphics
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; swastika-shaped family crest
kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading
letter by letter; character by character
one (written) character; (arch.) Welsh onion; (arch.) spring onion
jōyō kanji; kanji for common use; list of 2,136 kanji designated for common use (introduced in 1981, revised in 2010)
subscript; superscript; index
wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
pyramid; monumental work; landmark achievement
literal (meaning; of a word, etc.)
Chinese numerals; kanji numerals
symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
woman's handwriting; hiragana
character written by brush; brush-stroke character
meaning of a word; meaning of the kanji (that make up a word)
English-language newspaper
unit of five (in tallies, etc.)
alphanumeric character; letters (of the English alphabet) and numbers
Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)
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
number of characters per line, page, etc.
written letters; handwriting
D-pad (directional keypad on a video game controller, remote control, etc.)
Yi script (used to write the Yi languages)
deficit operation; operating at a loss; being in the red
handwritten letter; handwritten character
Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text
Lindera triloba (species of spicebush)
hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.
small type or handwriting
addiction to the printed word; addiction to reading; reading addict; obsessive reader
moving into the black; becoming profitable
number of the beast (666)
strokes in a Chinese character; stroke count of a Chinese character
ideogram; ideograph; ideographic script
the Japanese syllabary symbols
Greek letter; Greek alphabet
transcription (of speech to text)
Cyrillic alphabet; Cyrillic letter
text entry; character entry
first letter; first letters; initial
astronomical figure; astronomical number
English letter; alphabetic character
Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning
dictionary of Chinese characters; kanji dictionary; dictionary
dictionary of Chinese characters; kanji dictionary
ancient character (esp. Chinese); ancient writing
variant character; variant form of a character (esp. kanji)
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)
kanji representation; representation in Chinese characters; way of writing (a word) in kanji
phonetic symbol; phonogram; phonetic script
fingerspelling (in sign language for the deaf); finger alphabet
old character form; kyūjitai; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
V-shaped recovery; sharp recovery
ornate initial; capital letters; flowers planted to form characters
characters that are difficult to read; poor handwriting
character encoding; character code
external character; user-defined character; kanji not included in the jōyō or jinmeiyō lists; foreign letters (esp. of a Western language); foreign writing
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
pen writing; character written with a pen
Arabic script; Arabic letter
clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
character written in a cursive style
tactile paving (for the blind); bumpy tiling; Braille block
hieroglyph; hieroglyphics
right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
kanji dictionary; Chinese character dictionary
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)
Red Cross Hospital (91 hospitals in Japan)
kanji aptitude test (esp. the Kanji Kentei); The Japan Kanji Aptitude Test
new character form; shinjitai; simplified form of kanji used in Japan since 1946
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
list of jōyō kanji; list of kanji for common use
tōyō kanji; list of 1,850 kanji approved for general use in 1946, superseded by the jōyō kanji in 1981
kanji (as opposed to kana)
Hebrew alphabet; Hebrew letter
old character form; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
Phoenician alphabet; Phoenician character
drawn lettering; sound effects lettering
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)
printed characters (as opposed to Braille)
gold letters; letters written in gold paint
Rosicrucian; Fellowship of the Rosy Cross
single letter; single character
standard printed form (of the 1,022 non-jōyō kanji commonly used in print)
lettering on the spine of a book
returning to profit; turnaround
to make a typo; to type the wrong character
jindai moji; forged syllabic characters purported to have been used in ancient Japan
space character; whitespace character; blank character
block of multiple characters arranged in a space equivalent to that of a single character
extended shinjitai; unofficial simplified forms of kanji not included in the jōyō list
hieratic (ancient Egyptian script)
Chinese characters; hanzi; kanji
Japanese Red Cross Society; JRC
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; official in charge of proofreading characters in books (in China)
deficit-covering (government) bond
Latin alphabet; Latin character
Tenpyō-hōji era (757.8.18-765.1.7)
character written by brush; brush-stroke character
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?"
simplified Chinese character
waka, haiku, etc. with insufficient syllables
beautifully written (Chinese) character
writing system using unconventional characters and symbols, esp. used by young women in texting
countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used
newly created character; newly introduced (kanji) character (in a textbook); new character form; shinjitai
written language; literary language
flat sedge hat; bamboo hat
distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage
entry kanji in a kanji dictionary; capital letter; matrix (printing); kanji corresponding to furigana
silver-gilt letters; silvery letters
personal meeting (esp. used by females)
woman's loincloth (worn as a kimono underskirt); single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath)
printed form (of writing); print; typeface
man's handwriting; kanji; Chinese characters
multibyte character; multibyte encoding; variable-width encoding
mouth shaped like a kana "he" character; mouth turned down at the corners
dyslexia; paralexia; reading disorder
carving characters; carved characters
kite with a (kanji or kana) character written on it
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
loss-making line (railway, bus, etc.); unprofitable route
letter (of an alphabet); syllabic character; matrix; printing type; representative character of a Middle Chinese initial consonant
loss-making corporation; money-losing enterprise; lossmaker
text storyboard (in anime, TV production, etc.); written storyboard
mixed writing (kanji and kana)
English-language newspaper
character spacing; space between letters or characters
subtitled (of a movie, etc.)
numbers game; deceiving by misuse of numbers and statistics
spelling rules; orthography
type printing; letterpress printing; typography
omission of a character; omitted character; blank type; insertion of blank spaces before and after the names of dignitaries (as a sign of respect)
informal variant of a Chinese character; popular form of a Chinese character
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
jinmeiyō kanji; non-jōyō kanji legally permitted for use in personal names
four-letter word (esp. in English)
omitted character; omitted letter
number notation; numeric notation; number designation
Russian alphabet; Russian characters
losses; deficit; amount in the red
restrictions on the number of kanji recognized for usage (recognised)
the Japanese reading of a kanji
characters used by Western civilization (esp. the Latin alphabet)
subtitled version (of a movie)
to parody; to make a parody of; to pun (on); to twist; to distort
character layout; typesetting
raised type (to assist visually impaired readers); embossed lettering
romanization (representation of foreign words using the Roman alphabet); romanized spelling
Kangxi dictionary; Chinese dictionary of 1716, which popularized the system of 214 radicals
mouth shaped like a kana "he" character; mouth turned down at the corners
homophony (having the same pronunciation as another word but a different written form); heterography
customary simplified form (of kanji); any of 22 simplified non-jōyō kanji variants commonly used in print
(words with) different kanji but the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning)
business insolvency due to liquidity problems
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)
the 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese elementary schools
half-width character; single-byte character (ASCII, single-byte kana from JIS 201, etc.)
algebraic equation; polynomial; character expression; literal expression
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
syllabary; phonetic symbol
kanji used for sound equivalence
to leave a space (between words)
list of 1,022 non-jōyō kanji commonly used in print
designing a font; creating a new character not currently available
zig-zag motion (esp. warship)
Japanese-language newspaper (printed outside Japan)
number enclosed within a circle (symbol)
length of a character string
cursive handwriting; connected characters; running characters
D-pad (directional keypad on a video game controller, remote control, etc.)
kana-kanji conversion (on a computer, etc.)
writing style used to write the rankings
culture of the printed word; book culture
empty string; null string
putting into print; publishing; converting into digital text (e.g. speech, handwriting)
shorthand symbol; stenograph; stenographic character; shorthand script
text decoration (e.g. character and font effects, underline, etc.)
restricted kanji; limited number of kanji designated for daily use
idle words (in a written passage); useless words; empty words
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); repetition sign; ditto mark
picture formed from letters; painting representing reeds around water with rocks, grass or birds made using characters (Heian period)
kimariji (comp. karuta); beginning characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu
ancient seal-script character
word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji"
traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
unified Chinese character
kanji meaning interpretation
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
enclosed character; circled alphanumeric
half-width alphanumeric character
Aramaic alphabet; Aramaic letter
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; kanji of unknown origin included in the JIS X 0208 character set
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
dialectal kanji; kanji only used in a specific region
large character; alternative kanji used for numbers (esp. in financial contexts)
a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable
Nihon-shiki romanization (of Japanese)
Saxifraga fortunei var. alpina (species of rockfoil flower)
great six-syllable mantra ("om mani padme hum")
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
Shuowen Jiezi (first comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters; 121 CE)
different letter; different character; different spelling
linear script (e.g. Linear A, Linear B)
phototypesetter; phototypesetting machine
kanji left unpronounced when reading kanbun in Japanese; characters representing adverbs, conjunctions, etc. used in a letter
single-kanji conversion (in an input method)
machine-dependent character; platform-dependent character
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
phototypesetting; photocomposition
four-letter word (vulgar English term, e.g. fuck)
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
call sign (esp. maritime); distinctive letters
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 assigned to a kanji compound whose constituent characters are related to the word's meaning but not its pronunciation; kanji compound reading that has no correspondence to the readings of the constituent characters
kanji representing verb or adjective
optical character recognition; OCR
loss-making business; company operating in the red
Jūmonjigakuen Women's University
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 Red Cross College of Nursing
Japanese syllabary symbols; kana
upper-case letters (of the English alphabet)
most significant digit; MSD
The Japan Kanji Aptitude Test
The Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing
koseki unified characters; set of characters approved for use in family names
Japanese Red Cross Junior College of Akita
handwriting recognition; handwritten text recognition
Japanese Red Cross Akita College of Nursing
Japanese Red Cross Toyota College of Nursing
Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation; JKATF
traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
computer output microfilm printer; COM printer
magnetic ink character recognition; MICR
Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing
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
Hanyu Da Zidian (multi-volume Chinese character dictionary); Grand Chinese Dictionary
Asahi characters; simplified kanji formerly used by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper
specific character data entity
named character reference
contextually required token
phonetic symbol; phonogram
cross-wise writing; alphabet usually written horizontally
variant characters (usu. kanji or kana)
character expansion factor
Jitsū (kanji dictionary published by Heibonsha)
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)
superficial learning; book learning; merely knowing the meanings of a large number of individual words
conversion; converted character
kanji character with a concrete meaning
the word impossible is not in my dictionary
alphanumeric character set
non-jōyō kanji; kanji not included in the common-use kanji list
kanji composed entirely of duplicate radicals
contextually optional token
alphanumeric character set
semasio-phonetic character (combining semantic and phonetic components)
issues pertaining to a nation's script (e.g. standardization of kanji in Japanese)
full-width Roman character
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
least significant digit; LSD
small characters; small letters; childhood name
issues pertaining to a nation's script (e.g. standardization of kanji in Japanese)
optical character recognition; OCR
furigana where kana is associated with each character of a compound
function character identification parameter
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
Universal Character Set; UCS
optical character reader; OCR
tongjia (interchangeable character used for an existing homophonous character in Chinese)
alphanumeric character set
K-shaped recovery (parts of the economy recovering from recession at different rates, times or magnitudes)
reform of the Japanese script
coded character set; code
auspicious characters (used in people or place names)
cross-head screw; Phillips-head screw; Phillips screw
featural script (e.g. hangul); featural writing system
syntax-reference character set
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
optical character recognition; OCR
non-jōyō kanji; kanji not included in the common-use kanji list
foreign-language newspaper
quoted (character) string
(words with) different kanji but the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning)
significant SGML character
International Federation of the Red Cross; IFRC
external character number
36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)
Sino-Japanese word; word using Chinese-derived readings
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
cross-head screw; Phillips-head screw; Phillips screw
replaceable character data
digit place; digit position
kanji character commonly used at the end of given names
Bopomofo; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan
finger braille; system of communicating with the deaf-blind in which the receiver's fingers are tapped like a braille typewriter
lower-case letters (of the English alphabet)
jion kanazukai (historical kana style for kanji on-yomi)
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
character display (device); character-imaging device
numeric character reference
writing style used to write the rankings
romanisation; romanization; transcribing into the Latin script
empty string; null string
democracy deficit; democratic deficit
character encoding scheme
knotted cords used to record figures, facts, etc.; quipu
entry kanji in a kanji dictionary
significant figures; significant digits
hidden character; non-printable character
record boundary character
format effector; layout character
transmission control character
belief that something in print is reliable and correct
the 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese elementary schools
reducing staff despite being profitable; cutting jobs while in the black
double-crosspiece cross (symbol for tuberculosis prevention)
kanji printed as ruby, usually to explain kana
simplified Chinese character
character-coded-data-element; CC data element
substitute kanji; kanji used in place of another with the same meaning
auxiliary character (in kanbun)
numerical musical notation
dot (matrix) printer; matrix printer
laser printer; laser beam printer
Northern Cross (asterism)
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
character printer; serial printer
triangular pattern of objects
non-alphanumeric character
T-square (technical drawing instrument)
iteration mark shaped like the hiragana "ku" (used in vertical writing to represent repetition of two or more characters)
Chinese four-character phrase or idiomatic expression
display and printing calculator
theory of written language
The Thousand Character Classic
individual character; individual letter; one character; one letter
typefounding machine; type caster
blue letter style; comparatively mature fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in blue)
difficult character; complicated kanji
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark
character advance; character pitch
single-kanji dictionary (esp. for use in an input method)
half-width Roman character
decisive character (Chinese poetry)
right-facing swastika; clockwise swastika
new JIS kanji character code
mirror writing; mirrored script
original kanji form; base kanji form
Hepburn romanization; Hepburn system of romanizing Japanese
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 (government-authorized system of romanizing Japanese); kunrei system
comic font; rounded handwriting
style of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines, often used in seals, crests, etc.; printed style (of writing Chinese characters; as opposed to cursive style); kanji (as opposed to kana)
kanji formation; character coinage
mistaken or missing characters; omissions or errors
kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
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
dictionary of Chinese characters
rare character; rare kanji
variant kanji form; unorthodox kanji form; incorrect kanji form
superfluous character; character added by mistake
Kanjigen (character dictionary published by Gakken)
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 trisulca); ivy duckweed
clove cherry (Prunus apetala)
reading of a character; pronunciation of a character
ordinary woman secretly engaged in prostitution (Edo period)
hiragana character "i"; hiragana character "hi"
typesetting; printing type