swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; swastika-shaped family crest; wow; yeah
English letter; alphabetic character
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
syllabary; phonetic symbol
script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham)
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
designing a font; creating a new character not currently available
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character; acronym; abbreviation
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
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)
character style; character form
to make a typo; to type the wrong character
decisive character (Chinese poetry)
cross; crossed; cruciform
loop; shape of a hiragana "no"
native Japanese characters (i.e. hiragana and katakana); kana; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
incorrectly written character; kanji written with the wrong strokes; wrongly used kanji
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); (lit.) "river" character
single letter; single character
kanji used for sound equivalence
beginning character or characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu (esp. used in competitive karuta)
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
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)
(one) letter; (one) character
printing; typing; printed character; typed character; character(s) carved onto a seal
omitted character; omitted letter
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
nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
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
kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading
number of characters; number of letters
the L-word (i.e. love); being in love
the L-word (i.e. love); being in love
wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token
clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
meaning of a word; sense of a word
unit of five (in tallies, etc.)
number of characters per line, page, etc.
small type or handwriting
small type or handwriting
hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.
strokes in a Chinese character; stroke count of a Chinese character
kanji representing verb or adjective
first letter; first letters; initial
dictionary of Chinese characters; kanji dictionary
dictionary of Chinese characters; kanji dictionary; dictionary
variant character; variant form of a character (esp. kanji)
external character; user-defined character; kanji not included in the jōyō or jinmeiyō list; foreign letters (esp. of a western language); foreign writing
pen writing; character written with a pen
character written in a cursive style
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things)
old character form; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
simplified Chinese character
correctly written character; kanji used with its original meaning; traditional kanji; unsimplified kanji
punctuation words in haiku, renga, etc. such as "ya", "kana", "keri", etc.
the one-character reply ("no") offered by Zhaozhou to the question "Does a dog have Buddha nature?"
Japanese character (i.e. kana, kanji)
character written by brush; brush-stroke character
printed characters (as opposed to Braille)
distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage
waka, haiku, etc. with insufficient syllables
newly created character; newly introduced (kanji) character (in a textbook); new character form; shinjitai
carving characters; carved characters
space between letters or characters; inter-character space
mouth shaped like a kana "he" character; mouth turned down at the corners
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
the Japanese reading of a kanji
characters used by Western civilization (esp. the Latin alphabet)
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark
writing style used to write the rankings
European letters; Latin script
traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
kanji meaning interpretation
different character; other character; variant character; different written form of a character
origin of a character; composition of a Chinese character; Chinese character from which a kana character is derived
iteration mark shaped like the hiragana "ku" (used in vertical writing to represent repetition of two or more characters)
character class (e.g. distinct kanji character and its alternative written forms)
great six-syllable mantra ("om mani padme hum")
different letter; different character; different spelling
call sign (esp. maritime); distinctive letters
lake shaped like the kanji "heart" character (traditional Japanese gardens)
character of questionable form
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character)
entry kanji in a kanji dictionary
conversion; converted character
simplification of a kanji
large character; alternative kanji used for numbers (esp. in financial contexts)
Chinese four-character phrase or idiomatic expression
type of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines which is often used in seals
iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)
character writing direction
non-jōyō kanji; kanji outside the common-use kanji list
difficult character; complicated kanji
oblique letter; slanting character
comic font; rounded handwriting
kanji character with a concrete meaning
auxiliary character (in kanbun)
kanji composed entirely of duplicate radicals
furigana where kana is associated each character of a compound
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
auspicious characters (used in people or place names)
simplified Chinese character
traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark
superscript diacritics; diacritical marks above letters
substitute kanji; kanji used in place of another with the same meaning