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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'kanji' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions kanji noun  Chinese characters, one of the three main writing systems of Japanese. Kanji were borrowed from the Chinese language in three waves, starting in the 5th century. There are two main ways of reading most characters, the kun'yomi, kun"yomi (Japanese reading, è¨�読ã�¿) and the on'yomi, on"yomi (Chinese reading, é�³èª­ã�¿). There may also be a nanori or name reading that is used for people and places. Translations:  German: Kanji Etymology: Romanization of æå (ããã) (literally "Han characters"), the Japanese term derived from the Chinese hanzi.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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