Kanji

Kanji (漢字) is the Japanese name for Chinese characters. The word kanji has two parts, kan, which means the Han dynasty of China, and ji, which means "character".

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1.2.1. What are the origins of the kanji for sushi?
1.2.2. How many kanji are there?
1.2.3. What is the difference between Tōyō Kanji and Jōyō Kanji?
1.2.4. What are the Jōyō Kanji?
- 1.2.4.1. A list of Jōyō Kanji
1.2.5. Which kanji were created in Japan?
- 1.2.5.1. A list of kokuji (国字)
1.2.6. Why do some gairaigo words have kanji?
1.2.7. Why do kanji have several different pronunciations?
1.2.8. Can a word have mixed on and kun readings?
1.2.9. Can a kanji word have more than one reading?
1.2.10. What are kanji radicals?
- 1.2.10.1. What are the names of the kanji radicals?
1.2.11. How is a kanji dictionary used?
1.2.12. Why do some kanji have alternative forms?
- 1.2.12.1. Table of new and old kanji forms
1.2.13. How does kanji stroke order work?
1.2.14. What are the Jinmeiyō Kanji?
- 1.2.14.1. A list of Jinmeiyō Kanji
1.2.15. What is the most complicated kanji?
1.2.16. What are itaiji?

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