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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

刻字

see styles
 kokuji
    こくじ
(n,vs,vt,vi) carving characters; carved characters

削字

see styles
 sakuji
    さくじ
(noun/participle) (1) designing a font; (2) creating a new character not currently available

助字

see styles
 joji
    じょじ
auxiliary character (in kanbun)

十字

see styles
shí zì
    shi2 zi4
shih tzu
 juuji / juji
    じゅうじ
cross road; cross-shaped; crucifix; the character ten
(adj-no,n) cross; crossed; cruciform; (personal name) Tsuji

半字

see styles
bàn zì
    ban4 zi4
pan tzu
 hanji
Half a character'; a letter of the alphabet. Hīnayāna is likened to half-word, Mahāyāna to a 滿 complete word; hence 半教 is Hīnayāna.

卍字

see styles
wàn zì
    wan4 zi4
wan tzu
 manji
    まんじ
swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion
swastika

単字

see styles
 tanji
    たんじ
individual character; individual letter; one character; one letter

印字

see styles
 inji
    いんじ
(noun, transitive verb) (1) printing (text or symbols); typing; (2) printed character; typed character; (3) character carved onto a seal

原字

see styles
 genji
    げんじ
original kanji form; base kanji form

古字

see styles
gǔ zì
    gu3 zi4
ku tzu
 koji
    こじ
ancient character; archaic form of a Chinese character
ancient character (esp. Chinese); ancient writing; (surname) Furuji

合字

see styles
hé zì
    he2 zi4
ho tzu
 gouji / goji
    ごうじ
(typography) ligature
{print} ligature

同字

see styles
 douji / doji
    どうじ
the same character

名字

see styles
míng zi
    ming2 zi5
ming tzu
 myouji / myoji
    みょうじ
name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]
(noun - becomes adjective with の) surname; family name; (place-name) Myōji
Name and description, name.

吐字

see styles
tǔ zì
    tu3 zi4
t`u tzu
    tu tzu
diction; enunciation; to pronounce the words correctly (in opera)

和字

see styles
 waji
    わじ
kanji devised in Japan; (place-name) Waji

咬字

see styles
yǎo zì
    yao3 zi4
yao tzu
to pronounce (clearly or otherwise); to enunciate

喃字

see styles
nán zì
    nan2 zi4
nan tzu
Vietnam characters (like Chinese characters but native to Vietnam)

單字


单字

see styles
dān zì
    dan1 zi4
tan tzu
single Chinese character; word (in a foreign language)

嘘字

see styles
 usoji
    うそじ
incorrect character

四字

see styles
sì zì
    si4 zi4
ssu tzu
 shiji
four logographs

国字

see styles
 kokuji
    こくじ
(1) official writing system of a country; official script; (2) kana (as opposed to kanji); Japanese syllabary; (3) kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji

國字


国字

see styles
guó zì
    guo2 zi4
kuo tzu
Chinese character (Hanzi); the native script used to write a nation's language
See: 国字

墨字

see styles
 sumiji
    すみじ
printed characters (as opposed to Braille)

変字

see styles
 henji
    へんじ
conversion; converted character

外字

see styles
 gaiji
    がいじ
(1) {comp} external character; user-defined character; character not included in the JIS character set; (2) (See 常用漢字,人名用漢字) kanji not included in the jōyō or jinmeiyō lists; (3) foreign letters (esp. of a Western language); foreign writing

大字

see styles
 daiji
    だいじ
(1) large character; (2) (e.g. 壱, 弐, etc.) alternative kanji used for numbers (esp. in financial contexts); (surname) Ooji

太字

see styles
 futoji
    ふとじ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) boldface; bold-type; thick characters

好字

see styles
 kouji / koji
    こうじ
auspicious characters (used in people or place names)

宛字

see styles
 ateji
    あてじ
(1) kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; (2) kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

宝字

see styles
 houji / hoji
    ほうじ
(See 宝) kanji for "takara" (impressed on the obverse of a coin)

実字

see styles
 jitsuji
    じつじ
(e.g. 犬, 草, etc.) kanji character with a concrete meaning

宮字

see styles
 miyaji
    みやじ
(surname) Miyaji

密字

see styles
mì zì
    mi4 zi4
mi tzu
 mitsuji
The esoteric letter of Vairocana, or of a buddha or bodhisattva.

寫字


写字

see styles
xiě zì
    xie3 zi4
hsieh tzu
to write (by hand); to practice calligraphy
See: 写字

小字

see styles
 shouji / shoji
    しょうじ
(1) small characters; small letters; (2) childhood name; (place-name) Koaza

当字

see styles
 ateji
    あてじ
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; (2) kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

待字

see styles
dài zì
    dai4 zi4
tai tzu
(literary) (of a young lady) to be awaiting betrothal

得字

see styles
 tokuji
    とくじ
(surname) Tokuji

德字

see styles
dé zì
    de2 zi4
te tzu
 tokuji
The svastika.

志字

see styles
 shiji
    しじ
(surname) Shiji

意字

see styles
 iji
    いじ
ideogram

慶字

see styles
 keiji / keji
    けいじ
(given name) Keiji

打字

see styles
dǎ zì
    da3 zi4
ta tzu
to type

拆字

see styles
chāi zì
    chai1 zi4
ch`ai tzu
    chai tzu
fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters

拼字

see styles
pīn zì
    pin1 zi4
p`in tzu
    pin tzu
to spell; spelling

故字

see styles
 koji
    こじ
(surname) Koji

数字

see styles
 suuji / suji
    すうじ
{math} numeral; figure; digit; numeric character

數字


数字

see styles
shù zì
    shu4 zi4
shu tzu
numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc); CL:個|个[ge4]
See: 数字

文字

see styles
wén zì
    wen2 zi4
wen tzu
 moji(p); monji(p)
    もじ(P); もんじ(P)
character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) letter (of alphabet); character; (2) (もんじ only) writing; (place-name, surname) Monji
The letter; letters; literal; the written word is described as the breath and life of the dharmakāya; cf. 嚕 ruta.

斜字

see styles
 shaji
    しゃじ
oblique letter; slanting character

新字

see styles
 shinji
    しんじ
(1) newly created character; (2) newly introduced (kanji) character (in a textbook); (3) (abbreviation) (See 新字体) new character form; shinjitai; simplified form of kanji used in Japan since 1946; (surname) Araji

旧字

see styles
 kyuuji / kyuji
    きゅうじ
old kanji form

明字

see styles
 meiji / meji
    めいじ
(surname) Meiji

書字

see styles
 shoji
    しょじ
(can be adjective with の) written form

本字

see styles
běn zì
    ben3 zi4
pen tzu
 honji
    ほんじ
original form of a Chinese character
(1) kanji (as opposed to kana); (2) original form of a Chinese character (as opposed to a simplified or abbreviated form); (3) Chinese character from which another Chinese character derives

梵字

see styles
fàn zì
    fan4 zi4
fan tzu
 bonji
    ぼんじ
script used to write Sanskrit (esp. Siddham); (given name) Bonji
Brahma letters; saṃskṛtam; Sanskrit: also梵書 The classical Aryan language of India, systematized by scholars, in contradistinction to prākrit, representing the languages as ordinarily spoken. With the exception of a few ancient translations probably from Pali versions, most of the original texts used in China were Sanskrit. Various alphabets have been introduced into China for transliterating Indian texts, the devanāgarī alphabet, which was introduced via Tibet, is still used on charms and in sorcery. Pali is considered by some Chinese writers to be more ancient than Sanskrit both as a written and spoken language.

植字

see styles
 shokuji; chokuji
    しょくじ; ちょくじ
(n,vs,vi) (ちょくじ used in industry) typesetting

検字

see styles
 kenji
    けんじ
stroke-count index

楷字

see styles
kǎi zì
    kai3 zi4
k`ai tzu
    kai tzu
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)

横字

see styles
 yokoji
    よこじ
(surname) Yokoji

欠字

see styles
 ketsuji
    けつじ
omitted word; blank type; missing letter

欧字

see styles
 ouji / oji
    おうじ
European letters; Latin script

正字

see styles
zhèng zì
    zheng4 zi4
cheng tzu
 seiji / seji
    せいじ
to correct an erroneously written character; regular script (calligraphy); standard form (of a character or spelling)
(1) correctly written character; kanji used with its original meaning; (2) traditional kanji; unsimplified kanji; (3) (hist) official in charge of proofreading characters in books (in China)

毛字

see styles
 mouji / moji
    もうじ
(place-name) Mouji

洋字

see styles
 youji / yoji
    ようじ
(rare) (See ローマ字・1) characters used by Western civilization (esp. the Latin alphabet)

活字

see styles
huó zì
    huo2 zi4
huo tzu
 katsuji
    かつじ
movable type
(1) printing type; movable type; (2) printed text; print

添字

see styles
 soeji
    そえじ
(1) subscript; superscript; (2) (mathematics term) index

滿字


满字

see styles
mǎn zì
    man3 zi4
man tzu
 manji
The complete word, i.e. Mahāyāna, as compared with the 半 half word, or incomplete word of Hīnayāna.

漢字


汉字

see styles
hàn zì
    han4 zi4
han tzu
 kanji
    かんじ
Chinese character; CL:個|个[ge4]; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja; Vietnamese: hán tự
kanji; Chinese character; (personal name) Kanji

点字

see styles
 tenji
    てんじ
braille

無字


无字

see styles
wú zì
    wu2 zi4
wu tzu
 muji
    むじ
{Buddh} (See 狗子仏性) the one-character reply ("no") offered by Zhaozhou to the question "Does a dog have Buddha nature?"
without letters

煉字


炼字

see styles
liàn zì
    lian4 zi4
lien tzu
to craft one's words

熟字

see styles
shú zì
    shu2 zi4
shu tzu
 jukuji
    じゅくじ
familiar words; known Chinese character
(See 熟語・1) kanji compound

生字

see styles
shēng zì
    sheng1 zi4
sheng tzu
new character (in textbook); character that is unfamiliar or not yet studied

用字

see styles
yòng zì
    yong4 zi4
yung tzu
 youji / yoji
    ようじ
to use letters; to use words; diction
using characters

略字

see styles
lüè zì
    lu:e4 zi4
lu:e tzu
 ryakuji
    りゃくじ
abbreviated character; simplified character
(1) abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character; (2) (See 略語) acronym; abbreviation

異字

see styles
 iji
    いじ
(1) different character; other character; (2) variant character; different written form of a character

畳字

see styles
 jouji / joji
    じょうじ
(See 踊り字) iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character)

疑字

see styles
 giji
    ぎじ
character of questionable form

白字

see styles
bái zì
    bai2 zi4
pai tzu
wrongly written or mispronounced character

盲字

see styles
máng zì
    mang2 zi4
mang tzu
braille

省字

see styles
 shouji; seiji / shoji; seji
    しょうじ; せいじ
(noun/participle) simplification of a kanji

真字

see styles
 manna
    まんな
    mana
    まな
    shinji
    しんじ
(1) kanji (as opposed to kana); (2) printed-style writing

知字

see styles
 chiji
    ちじ
(surname) Chiji

碼字


码字

see styles
mǎ zì
    ma3 zi4
ma tzu
numeral; digit; counter

神字

see styles
 kanji
    かんじ
(personal name) Kanji

筆字

see styles
 fudeji
    ふでじ
(See 筆文字) character written by brush; brush-stroke character

篆字

see styles
 tenji
    てんじ
seal script character

簽字


签字

see styles
qiān zì
    qian1 zi4
ch`ien tzu
    chien tzu
to sign (one's name); signature

細字

see styles
 saiji; hosoji
    さいじ; ほそじ
small type or handwriting; (surname) Hosoji

組字


组字

see styles
zǔ zì
    zu3 zi4
tsu tzu
word formation

經字


经字

see styles
jīng zì
    jing1 zi4
ching tzu
 kyōji
letters of a scripture

綴字


缀字

see styles
zhuì zì
    zhui4 zi4
chui tzu
 teiji; tetsuji; setsuji / teji; tetsuji; setsuji
    ていじ; てつじ; せつじ
to spell; to compose words
spelling

練字


练字

see styles
liàn zì
    lian4 zi4
lien tzu
to practice writing characters

習字


习字

see styles
xí zì
    xi2 zi4
hsi tzu
 shuuji / shuji
    しゅうじ
to practice writing characters
penmanship; calligraphy

翻字

see styles
 honji
    ほんじ
(noun, transitive verb) transliteration

背字

see styles
bèi zì
    bei4 zi4
pei tzu
bad luck

胸字

see styles
xiōng zì
    xiong1 zi4
hsiung tzu
 kyōji
The svastika on Buddha's breast, one of the thirty-two marks.

脫字


脱字

see styles
tuō zì
    tuo1 zi4
t`o tzu
    to tzu
 datsu ji
missing character

脱字

see styles
 datsuji
    だつじ
omitted character; omitted letter

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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