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kokuji; a kanji invented in Japan
A character made in Japan in the style of Chinese characters but not found in Chinese, such as 峠 or 畑. Many have only a kun'yomi and no on'yomi.
峠は国字の一つだ。
Tōge is one of the kokuji.
国字には音読みがないものが多い。
Many kokuji have no on'yomi reading.
畑や峠など、日常でよく目にする漢字の中にも国字がある。
Among the kanji we see every day, such as hatake and tōge, there are also kokuji.
A character made in Japan in the style of Chinese characters but not found in Chinese — for example 峠, 畑, and 働く. Many 国字 have only a kun'yomi (native reading) and no on'yomi.
COMMON EXAMPLES:
- 峠: mountain pass
- 畑: dry field
- 込む: to be crowded
NOTE:
国字 can also mean a nation's own writing system, but the 'Japanese-made kanji' sense is the usual one.