Definitions for Kanji

Kanji kan·ji

Spelling: [kahn-jee]
IPA: /ˈkɑn dʒi/

Kanji is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 39 anagrams from letters in Kanji (aijkn).

Definitions for Kanji

noun

  1. a system of Japanese writing using Chinese-derived characters.
  2. a character in this system.

Origin of Kanji

1915-20; Japanese Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese hàn Han (i.e., China) + zì characters

Examples for Kanji

kanji are a system of Japanese writing using Chinese characters to phonetically represent names.

The kanji characters shown there are 中本(Nakamoto) 哲史 (Satoshi).

At night, boiled rice, or kanji with fish or curry made of vegetables from their kitchen garden, form their chief food.

There are hundreds of ways of representing Nakamoto Satoshi in kanji.

It is often extremely difficult to distinguish individuals or subjects without knowing the kanji characters.

Such of the members of the family as could not give him kanji (rice gruel) or boiled rice before death, now give it to him.

Word Value for Kanji
Scrable

16

Words with friends

19

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