Meanings
Noun
1. character (esp. kanji); letter; written text
2. handwriting; penmanship
3. the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
as 〜の字
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (168 in total)
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
rounded handwriting
kanji representing verb or adjective
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; swastika-shaped family crest; wow; yeah
clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
cross; crossed; cruciform
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
omitted character; omitted letter
character style; character form
pen writing; character written with a pen
straight line; beeline
most satisfactory
U-shape
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
syllabary; phonetic symbol
letter (of alphabet); character
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
kanji; Chinese character
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
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)
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
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
subtitles; captioning
written form
printing; typing; printed character; typed character; character(s) carved onto a seal
two characters; name
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)
(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); (lit.) "river" character
English letter; alphabetic character
dictionary
abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character; acronym; abbreviation
Braille
script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham)
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
loop; shape of a hiragana "no"
number of characters; number of letters
letter "T"; T-shaped
the L-word (i.e. love); being in love
wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token
title lettering
alphanumeric character
meaning of a word; sense of a word
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
unit of five (in tallies, etc.)
number of characters per line, page, etc.
indentation
literacy
small type or handwriting
small type or handwriting
transliteration
hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.
strokes in a Chinese character; stroke count of a Chinese character
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
gold or gilt letters
designing a font; creating a new character not currently available
character written in a cursive style
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
finely trimmed moustache
first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things)
using characters
slender character
single letter; single character
old character form; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
spelling
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
the same character
native Japanese characters (i.e. hiragana and katakana); kana; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
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)
honor tiles
incorrectly written character; kanji written with the wrong strokes; wrongly used kanji
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark
kanji used for sound equivalence
(bind) firmly
writing style used to write the rankings
ligature
decisive character (Chinese poetry)
beginning character or characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu (esp. used in competitive karuta)
European letters; Latin script
traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
seal script character
acronym; initialism
kanji meaning interpretation
explanation of a kanji
kana iteration mark
different character; other character; variant character; different written form of a character
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
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)
kanji iteration mark
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)
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
rhyming words
character of questionable form
iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character)
entry kanji in a kanji dictionary
forbidden kanji
forbidden kanji
conversion; converted character
simplification of a kanji
similar kanji
hanging scroll
nickname
ideogram
Chinese character
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)
binary digit
variable spacing
constant spacing
escapement point
character writing direction
class condition
class name
internal character
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
logotype; kanji compound
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
Examples (8 in total)
I apologize for my bad handwriting.
He can read well.
She has beautiful handwriting.