kanji
The system of writing Japanese using Chinese charactersThe system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters.
» Can you read this kanji?
Kannst du dieses Kanji-Zeichen lesen?
Ты можешь прочитать эти иероглифы?
Ти можеш прочитати цей ієрогліф?
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable)The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters.
Japanese is written in a mixture of kanji and kana.
Kanji, japanisches Zeichen
кандзи́kandzí, япо́нский иеро́глифjapónskij ijeróglif
кандзі́kandzí
(countable, uncountable)Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language.
I know about a thousand kanji.
(uncountable)A North Indian fermented drink made with beetroot, black mustard seeds, carrots etc.
(uncountable)Drink made from sugarcane vinegar.
(uncountable)Rice gruel made by fermentation of rice and tastes sour.
Examples
75 sentencesCan you read this kanji?
Ти можеш прочитати цей ієрогліф?
ruТы можешь прочитать эти иероглифы?
deKannst du dieses Kanji-Zeichen lesen?
I've been learning how to write kanji with a brush.
This book has many kanji, so it's difficult to read.
ruВ этой книге много кандзи, поэтому её трудно читать.
What does this kanji mean?
ruЧто значит этот кандзи?
deWas bedeutet dieses Kanji?
I've decided to study kanji.
ruЯ решил учить кандзи.
deIch habe mich entschlossen, Kanji zu lernen.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 漢字(かんじ) (kanji, “Chinese characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (MC xaBorrowed from Japanese 漢字(かんじ) (kanji, “Chinese characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (MC xanH, “Han dynasty, China”) + Middle Chinese 字 (MC dziH, “[written] character”) (Compare Korean 한자 (hanja), Mandarin 漢字 /汉字 (hànzì), Vietnamese Hán tự, Hokkien 漢字 /汉字 (hàn-jī / hàn-lī), Cantonese 漢字 /汉字 (hon³ zi⁶)). Doublet of hanja and Hanzi.
Borrowed from Hindi कांजी (kāñjī).
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Forms
plural: kanji / kanjisWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable