2. Noun. Chinese characters as used for the Japanese language. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kanji
1. a system of Japanese writing [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kanji
Literary usage of Kanji
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in the Himalayan Provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab; in Ladakh by William Moorcroft, George Trebeck (1841)
"... across the river—Northward course of the Sinh-kha-hab—Lama Yuru—Temples and
Lamas—Religious Ceremonies—Musical Instruments—Pass of Phatu La—Kanji River ..."
2. A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary by James Curtis Hepburn (1886)
"Kanji * v sJ ffi kuji. Kanji » v sJ ®i The cold: — ga i n. Kind of orange; it[.
— MI™, to punish, as i child or servant. Kanji. ..."
3. First Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-1): Proceedings by D. K. Harman (1993)
"In Japanese, tokenization down to the level of strings of consecutive kanji, or
katakana is supported as well as tokenization down to individual kanji and ..."
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