漢かん字じ
Meanings
Noun
1. kanji; Chinese character
These three people can write their own names in kanji, you know.
Kanji used
Chinese
a character
Pitch accent
か
んじ
Top 8700
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 (38 in total)
jōyō kanji; kanji for common use; list of 2,136 kanji designated for common use (introduced in 1981, revised in 2010)
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tōyō kanji; list of 1,850 kanji approved for general use in 1946, superseded by the jōyō kanji in 1981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
jinmeiyō kanji; non-jōyō kanji legally permitted for use in personal names
restrictions on the number of kanji recognized for usage (recognised)
the 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese elementary schools
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
restricted kanji; limited number of kanji designated for daily use
kanji dictionary; Chinese character dictionary
mixed writing (kanji and kana)
unified Chinese character
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
kanji test; test of kanji skills
dialectal kanji; kanji only used in a specific region
direct kanji input (as opposed to kana-kanji conversion)
non-jōyō kanji; kanji not included in the common-use kanji list
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
the 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese elementary schools
kanji printed as ruby, usually to explain kana
kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
Kanjigen (character dictionary published by Gakken)
Examples (21 in total)
I write kanji.
Come to think of it, can you read kanji?
I've decided to study kanji.