々 | [くりかえし;おなじ;おなじく;のま;どうのじてん, kurikaeshi ; onaji ; onajiku ; noma ; dounojiten] (n) repetition of kanji (sometimes voiced) |
8の字;八の字 | [はちのじ, hachinoji] (n) (1) figure eight; figure of eight; (2) (八の字 only) shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight |
いりがしら | [, irigashira] (n) (See いりやね) kanji "enter" radical at top (radical 11) |
いりやね | [, iriyane] (n) (See いりがしら) kanji "enter" radical at top (radical 11) |
すんづくり | [, sundukuri] (n) kanji sun ("inch") radical at right (radical 41) |
なつあし | [, natsuashi] (n) kanji radical 35 when at the bottom (as in the character for summer) |
なめし革;鞣革 | [なめしがわ, nameshigawa] (n,adj-no) (1) leather; tanned animal hide; suede; (2) kanji "tanned leather" radical (radical 178) |
ナンクロ | [, nankuro] (n) (abbr) (See ナンバークロス) number crossword (var. of kanji crossword puzzle with numbers where squares with the same number contain the same kanji) |
ナンバークロス | [, nanba-kurosu] (n) number crossword (var. of kanji crossword puzzle with numbers where squares with the same number contain the same kanji) |
まがりかわ | [, magarikawa] (n) kanji "curving river" radical (variant of radical 47) |
まげわりふ | [, magewarifu] (n) kanji "crooked seal" radical at right (variant of radical 26) |
ルビー(P);ルビ(P) | [, rubi-(P); rubi (P)] (n) (1) (esp. ルビー) ruby; (2) (esp. ルビ) ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); (3) {comp} Ruby (programming language); (P) |
ワ冠 | [ワかんむり, wa kanmuri] (n) kanji radical "wa" or "covering" at top (radical 14) |
人頭 | [ひとがしら, hitogashira] (n) (1) skull; cranium; (2) (See 人屋根) kanji "person" radical at top |
仮借 | [かしゃく, kashaku] (n,vs) (1) borrowing; pardon; extenuation; (2) borrowing a kanji with the same pronunciation to convey a certain term |
会意 | [かいい, kaii] (n) (See 会意文字) compound ideograph formation (one of the six kanji classifications); making kanji up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain) |
会意文字 | [かいいもじ, kaiimoji] (n) compound ideograph (one of the six kanji classifications); kanji made up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain) |
借字 | [しゃくじ;かりじ, shakuji ; kariji] (n) (See 当て字) kanji used for sound equivalence |
借訓 | [しゃっくん, shakkun] (n) using the Japanese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning) |
借音 | [しゃくおん, shakuon] (n) (See 万葉仮名) using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning) |
偏諱 | [へんき, henki] (n) (See 偏諱を賜う) one kanji in the name of a nobleperson (with a multiple-kanji name) |
偏諱を賜う | [へんきをたまう, henkiwotamau] (exp,v5u) (arch) (of a nobleperson) to bestow one of the kanji in one's name upon someone (e.g. a meritorious retainer, a boy coming of age, etc.) |
冠 | [かんむり(P);かん;かむり;かんぶり, kanmuri (P); kan ; kamuri ; kanburi] (n) (1) (See 衣冠,束帯) cap (esp. a traditional cap worn with sokutai or ikan clothing); crown; diadem; coronet; (2) (かんむり only) top kanji radical; (3) (かむり only) (See 俳諧) first verse of a haikai, etc.; (adj-t,adv-to) (4) (かん only) best; peerless; first; (P) |
卦算冠 | [けいさんかんむり, keisankanmuri] (n) (See 鍋蓋) kanji "kettle lid" radical (radical 8) |
印刷標準字体 | [いんさつひょうじゅんじたい, insatsuhyoujunjitai] (n) (See 常用漢字) standard printed form (of kanji); any of 1,022 non-joyo kanji commonly used in print |
合口音 | [ごうこうおん, goukouon] (n) (1) (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (2) (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds |
同構え | [どうがまえ, dougamae] (n) (See 冏構え) kanji radical 13 ("upside-down box") |
国字 | [こくじ, kokuji] (n) (1) country's official writing system; native script; (2) (See 仮名・かな) kana; (3) (See 漢字) kanji that originated in Japan (as opposed to China) |
国訓 | [こっくん, kokkun] (n) Japanese reading of a kanji (sometimes esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji) |
大の字 | [だいのじ, dainoji] (n,vs) shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled |
対語 | [ついご;たいご, tsuigo ; taigo] (n) (1) (See 大小,男女・だんじょ) kanji compound formed of opposing elements; (2) (See 対義語) antonym; (3) (たいご only) conversation (face-to-face) |
屍;尸 | [しかばね;かばね;し, shikabane ; kabane ; shi] (n) (1) corpse; (2) (しかばね, かばね only) (See 尸冠) kanji "corpse" radical |
平日 | [へいじつ(P);ひらび, heijitsu (P); hirabi] (n-adv,n) (1) weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); (n) (2) (ひらび only) kanji radical 73; (P) |
意符 | [いふ, ifu] (n) (See 音符) part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the meaning (as opposed to the pronunciation) |
慣用読み | [かんようよみ, kanyouyomi] (n) reading of a word or kanji using its customary pronunciation (which is not necessarily correct) |
振り漢字 | [ふりかんじ, furikanji] (n) kanji printed as ruby, usually to explain kana |
教育漢字 | [きょういくかんじ, kyouikukanji] (n) (See 常用漢字,当用漢字) list of 1,006 kanji taught in Japanese primary schools |
文繞 | [ぶんにょう, bunnyou] (n) (uk) kanji "literature" radical (radical 67) |
新JIS漢字コード | [しんジェーアイエスかんじコード;しんジスかんじコード, shin jie-aiesu kanji ko-do ; shin jisu kanji ko-do] (n) {comp} new JIS kanji character code |
旧JIS漢字コード | [きゅうジェーアイエスかんじコード;きゅうジスかんじコード, kyuu jie-aiesu kanji ko-do ; kyuu jisu kanji ko-do] (n) {comp} old JIS kanji character code |