漢字(かんじ)

かんじ
noun
kanji, Chinese characters
language
1. kanji, Chinese characters
The logographic characters adopted from Chinese and used in Japanese writing.
漢字(かんじ)を覚(おぼ)える。
To memorize kanji.
この漢字(かんじ)の読(よ)み方(かた)が分(わ)からない。
I don't know how to read this kanji.
漢字(かんじ)辞典(じてん)で調(しら)べる。
To look it up in a kanji dictionary.

漢字(かんじ) refers to Chinese characters used in Japanese writing.

Common expressions

  • 漢字(かんじ)を書(か)く (to write kanji)
  • 漢字(かんじ)を読(よ)む (to read kanji)
  • 漢字(かんじ)辞典(じてん) (kanji dictionary)
  • 常用(じょうよう)漢字(かんじ) (joyo kanji, the official list of commonly used kanji)

Note: Japanese writing uses three scripts: 漢字(かんじ) (kanji), 平仮名(ひらがな) (hiragana), and 片仮名(かたかな) (katakana).

Related Words

Related: 平仮名(ひらがな) (hiragana)
Related: 片仮名(かたかな) (katakana)
Compare: 仮名(かな) (the syllabary writing systems)
Compare: 和字(わじ) (Japanese-made characters)
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Added 2026.2.2 16:47 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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