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kanji
(kanji)
Pronunciation:
/ˈkandʒi, ˈkɑːn-/
noun
[
mass noun
]
a system of Japanese writing using Chinese characters, used primarily for content words.
Compare with
kana
.
Origin:
Japanese, from
kan
'Chinese' +
ji
'character'
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