kanji script
Logographic Japanese writing
Kanji script is the system of logographic characters used in written Japanese, borrowed from Chinese.
Each kanji represents a concept or word rather than a sound: The word "mountain" is written with a single kanji.
Japanese writing typically combines kanji with two phonetic scripts (hiragana and katakana).
Literate Japanese adults know several thousand kanji.
- Chinese charactersLogographic writing system
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
- brush strokesMarks from painting tool
- stroke orderSequence for drawing characters
- signagePosted public displays
personal names · idiomatic expressions · native speakers · place names · official documents · haiku poetry · homophones · language school · logographic · academic papers · study groups · tattoo art · calligraphy
kanji scripthiragana
Japanese phonetic alphabet
katakana · kana · romaji · syllabary · Latin alphabet
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