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Meaning of "kanji" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KANJI

Japanese, from Chinese han Chinese + zi character.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KANJI

kanji  [ˈkændʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KANJI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kanji is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KANJI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of kanji in the English dictionary

The definition of kanji in the dictionary is a Japanese writing system using characters mainly derived from Chinese ideograms. Other definition of kanji is a character in this system.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KANJI


basenji
bəˈsɛndʒɪ
bostangi
bɒˈstændʒɪ
dingy
ˈdɪndʒɪ
fringy
ˈfrɪndʒɪ
grungy
ˈɡrʌndʒɪ
gungy
ˈɡʌndʒɪ
Gurindji
ɡʊˈrɪndʒɪ
loungy
ˈlaʊndʒɪ
lozengy
ˈlɒzɪndʒɪ
mangey
ˈmeɪndʒɪ
mangy
ˈmeɪndʒɪ
mingy
ˈmɪndʒɪ
orangey
ˈɒrɪndʒɪ
orangy
ˈɒrɪndʒɪ
punji
ˈpʌndʒɪ
rangy
ˈreɪndʒɪ
scroungy
ˈskraʊndʒɪ
scungy
ˈskʌndʒɪ
spongy
ˈspʌndʒɪ
stingy
ˈstɪndʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KANJI

kangaroo court
kangaroo dog
kangaroo grass
Kangaroo Island
kangaroo mouse
kangaroo paw
kangaroo rat
kangaroo vine
kangaroo-like
Kangchenjunga
Kangha
KaNgwane
Kannada
Kannon
Kano
Kanpur
kans

WORDS THAT END LIKE KANJI

bhaji
Ebonji
Fiji
Fuji
goji
hadji
haji
hajji
Himeji
koji
Meiji
Mount Fuji
Netaji
Panaji
roji
romaji
shoji
Sivaji
Ujiji
uncle-ji

Synonyms and antonyms of kanji in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kanji» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KANJI

Find out the translation of kanji to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kanji from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kanji» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

汉字
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

kanji
570 millions of speakers

English

kanji
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कांजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كانجي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кандзи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

kanji
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঞ্জি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

kanji
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kanji
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kanji
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カンジ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanji
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kanji
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காஞ்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कांजी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kanji
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

kanji
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kanji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кандзі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

kanji
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

kanji
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kanji
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kanji
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kanji
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kanji

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KANJI»

The term «kanji» is very widely used and occupies the 4.747 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «kanji» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of kanji
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «kanji».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KANJI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kanji» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kanji» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kanji

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KANJI»

Discover the use of kanji in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kanji and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Remembering the Kanji: A systematic guide to reading the ...
Although these are more easily learned because of the association of the meaning to a single word, Heisig creates a kind of phonetic alphabet of single-syllable words, each connected to a simple Japanese word, and shows how they can be ...
James W. Heisig, 2008
2
Essential Kanji: 2,000 basic Japanese characters ...
Devised for either home or classroom use, the book has been tested and refined by years of use in university classes taught by the author.
Patrick Geoffrey O'Neill, 1987
3
A Guide to Writing Japanese Kanji & Kana Book 1: A ...
A thorough and systematic approach to learning how to write Japanese characters. These books can be used as a stand-alone tutorial or as study guide companions to Tuttle Publishing's Guide to Japanese Kanji and Kana.
Wolfgang Hadamitzky, Mark Spahn, 2003
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A Guide to Writing Kanji & Kana Book 2: A Self-Study ...
Included under each entry are the Japanese and Chinese readings, stroke order, English meanings, sample compounds, radicals, and ample practice space.
Wolfgang Hadamitzky, Mark Spahn, 2004
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The Kanji Handbook
The Kanji Handbook is a revolutionary new learning technique for students of the Japanese language.
Vee David, 2006
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Remembering the Kanji, Volume 1: A Complete Course on How ...
The aim of this book is to provide the student of Japanese with a simple method for correlating the writing and the meaning of Japanese characters in such a way as to make them both easy to remember.
James W. Heisig, 2007
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250 Essencial Kanji for Everyday Use 1
This book is indispensable for any non-native speaker trying to make it through a day in Japan.
Kanji Text Research Group, University of Tokyo, 2004
8
100 Statistical Tests
'This is a very valuable book for statisticians and users of statistics.
Gopal K Kanji, 2006
9
Kanji-Kan: Puzzle Book 4
Kanji-Kan Puzzle Book 4 focuses on the 200 Kanji that are taught in the 4th year of schooling in Japan. The book contains 100 puzzles in total, together with - - Clear examples for each of the kanji, together with on and kun readings.
Elizabeth Plain, 2013
10
Kanji de Manga:
Uses modern manga images to help people of all ages learn how to read and write Japanese kanji--the written characters that have been adapted from traditional Chinese writing.
Glenn Kardy, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KANJI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kanji is used in the context of the following news items.
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Making It Memorable: Japanese Mnemonics for Dates and Kanji
Sometimes memory needs a helping hand. While English speakers use “Thirty Days Has September” to remember which are the shorter ... «Nippon.com, Jul 15»
2
Japanese mental clinic's hiragana alphabet chart is as humorous as …
But whether you go on to become a kanji master or not, most beginners usually start out learning hiragana first. In the past we introduced a ... «RocketNews24, Jul 15»
3
Microsoft will support Windows 10 till 2025 - Neowin
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji Neowin LLC · Jul 17, 2015 · Hot! with 90 comments. With Windows 10, Microsoft will adopt a Windows as a Service model, the ... «Neowin, Jul 15»
4
"Charge my phone to 100%" might just be Siri's code word for calling …
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji Neowin LLC · Jul 16, 2015 · Hot! with 40 comments. After much fanfare and publicity on the company's part, Apple's conception of a ... «Neowin, Jul 15»
5
Food Hopping with the Wizards of Eid - The New Indian Express
However, as the trail weaved on into more unfamiliar territory — like eating steaming plastic cups of traditional kanji outside the Amirunissa ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
6
Endosulfan: activists plan hunger strike - The Hindu
The move comes after the alleged failure in honouring majority of assurances made at the end of the 'kanji veppu samaram' in front of the CM's ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
7
Ramzan celebrations in Tiruchi - The Hindu
“The mosque nearby donates kanji (rice gruel) for iftar, while we prepare a full meal at the hostel kitchen. By God's grace, the children have ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
8
Bowl of wellness
Both are going in for a detox diet that will have them consuming a nutrient–rich kanji during the Malayalam month of Karkkidakam that begins ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
9
Angry Birds 2 coming on July 30
By Muhammad Jarir Kanji Neowin LLC · 23 hours ago with 21 comments. In 2009, Finnish developer Rovio released Angry Birds and, ever since, the company ... «Neowin, Jul 15»
10
Feasibility and safety of enoxaparin whole milligram dosing in …
Article | PubMed |; Robb DM, Kanji Z. Comparison of two needle sizes for subcutaneous administration of enoxaparin: effects on size of ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Kanji [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/kanji>. Apr 2024 ».
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