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kanji en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈkaːnd͡ʒi/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• kănji
• /ˈkænd͡ʒi/
• /ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漢字(かんじ) (kanji, “Chinese characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (MC xanH, “Han dynasty, China”) + Middle Chinese 字 (MC dziH, “[written] character”) (Compare Korean 한자 (hanja), Mandarin 漢字 /汉字 (hànzì), Vietnamese Hán tự, Hokkien 漢字 /汉字 (hàn-jī / hàn-lī), Cantonese 漢字 /汉字 (hon³ zi⁶)). Doublet of hanja and Hanzi.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters.
   • Japanese is written in a mixture of kanji and kana.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language.
   • I know about a thousand kanji.

Forms

Deriveds

kanjify · jōyō kanji

Relateds

romaji · kana · katakana · hanja · hiragana · Hanzi · shinjitai · Hán tự · kyūjitai

Translations (57)

el κάντζι (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ar كَانْجِي (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ko 한자 (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · sh kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · de Kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ar حَرْف يَابَانِيّ (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · uk кандзі́ (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · pa ਕਾਂਜੀ (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · cmn 日本漢字 /日本汉字 (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ru кандзи́ (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · id kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · id honji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · mn канжи (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · sk kandži (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · fa کانجی (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · sv kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · km កាន់ជិ (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · vi chữ kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · cs kandži (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · vi chữ Nhật (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · it kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · tr kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · hi कांजि (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ko 일본어(日本語)의 한자 (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · es kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · be кандзі́ (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · bn জাপানী হরফ (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · sw kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ga Ceansaí (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · de japanisches Zeichen (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · he קאנג׳י (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ms kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · pl kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ja 日本における漢字 (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · hi कान्जी (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · fr kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · hi कानजी (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · pt kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · mr कान्जी (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ko 일문 한자 (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · cmn 漢字 /汉字 (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ka ყანჯი (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · sh канђи (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · th คันจิ (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · bn কাঞ্জি (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · pnb کانجی (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · bg канджи (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · fi kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · hy կանձի (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ja 漢字 (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · sh kanđi (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · nl kanji (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ar طَابِع يَابَانِيّ (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ru япо́нский иеро́глиф (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · mk канџи (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · ur کانجی (Chinese characters in Japanese context) · hu kandzsi (Chinese characters in Japanese context)

kanji en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कांजी (kāñjī).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A North Indian fermented drink made with beetroot, black mustard seeds, carrots etc.
2. (uncountable) Drink made from sugarcane vinegar.
3. (uncountable) Rice gruel made by fermentation of rice and tastes sour.