Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
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)
① 漢字の「十」の字の形。② 蒸し餅または饅頭の異名。
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
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
syllabary; phonetic symbol
letter (of alphabet); character
① 数を表す文字、記号。② 記録された数値。③ 高い視聴率。またそれを達成できる能力。④ 計算または数字を扱う操作。
① 中国発祥の表意文字（表語文字とする学説もある）の一種。また、その造字法に従って日本や朝鮮で作られた文字を含めていう。漢字は中国の周辺国に伝わり、現在でも日本語や朝鮮語の表記の一部に使われる。日本語においては、漢字の読み方は音読み（呉音・漢音・宋音・唐音・慣用音）と訓読みに分かれる。日本で作られたものは国字という。
① 赤色の文字。② 支出が収入を上回ること。③ 文字を修正すること。
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
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
① 黒い色で書かれた文字。② 収入が支出を上回ること。
① 映画やテレビで題名・配役・会話などを文字で表したもの。
printing; typing; printed character; typed character; character(s) carved onto a seal
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
① 文字を構成する点画の組み合わせの違いにより、同字の新旧・本略・正俗などを区別する概念。② 書体。
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
① 漢字の成り立ちや含意などを一字ごとに解説した。② 言葉の意味などを解説した書。
abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character; acronym; abbreviation
① 6つの点で文字や数字を表現した、視覚障害者が指を使って読む文字。
script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham)
① 印刷活字体のうち、強調のために一般の活字体よりも線を太くしたもの。
① 和語・外来語の書き表し方で、漢字の本来の意味に関わらず、漢字の音訓を借りて当てはめる表記の仕方。② 熟字訓。
loop; shape of a hiragana "no"
the L-word (i.e. love); being in love
wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token
① 正字。漢字の略字や俗字に対し、もとになった本来の（正体の）漢字。② 漢字。真名。
unit of five (in tallies, etc.)
number of characters per line, page, etc.
① 文字が読めること。② 転じて、文字を読み書きできること。
small type or handwriting
small type or handwriting
hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc.
first letter; first letters; initial
dictionary of Chinese characters; kanji dictionary; dictionary
① 意味や発音などは同じだが違う字体で表現している文字、特に漢字。
① 外国語の文字。外国語で書かれた文章。② 常用漢字表にない漢字。表外字。③ ある文字集合に含まれない文字。特に、そのような標準では使えない文字について、ユーザーが字形を独自に登録したもの。
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)
first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things)
single letter; single character
old character form; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946
① 1960年代に考案され、現在、中華人民共和国で使用されている簡略化された漢字の字体。
① 用法の正しい文字。② 従来から正しいとされている文字、特に漢字におけるものをいい、康熙字典掲載の字体が最も標準的とされる。正字体とも。③ 法令等により、(法令そのものの文章を含めた)公文書等に用いることとされている文字、特に漢字を言う。④ 中国で書物の校正を司った官僚。
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
① 字体が同一または互いに異体字の関係にあり、使い分けがない文字。特に漢字について言う。② 詩歌における禁制のひとつで、近接した句で同じ字を使うこと。
native Japanese characters (i.e. hiragana and katakana); kana; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
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)
① 実際にはない、でたらめな字。字画を誤った字や誤用した字。
① 文章の中で繰り返しがある時に代わりに書かれる記号。「いよ〱」「堂々」のように使われる「ゝ」「〱」「々」「〻」など。② 踊っているような下手な字。
kanji used for sound equivalence
writing style used to write the rankings
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
① 現在、中華人民共和国で使用されている簡体字に対して、その文字の元となった漢字の字体。基本的に康煕字典体による。
① 文字を取り上げたときの、それと違う文字。② 異体字のこと。
the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)
① 個々の文字の起源。② ひらがなの起源の漢字。たとえば、いの字源は以である。
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")
① 字体が同一又はよく似ているが、その形成過程が異なり、音声や意味の異なる文字、特に漢字。② 互いに異体字又は一方の代替字の関係にあるが、熟語により使い分けられる文字、特に漢字。
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
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)
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