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| kan·ji [ knjee ] (plural kan·ji or kan·jis) |
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1. Japanese writing system: a writing system for Japanese that uses pictorial characters based largely on Chinese ideograms.
See also kana (sense 1)
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2. written character: a character used in kanji
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| [Early 20th century. < Japanese< kan "Chinese" + ji "letter, character"] |
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