Kanji
E2128
Kanji are logographic characters of Chinese origin used in the Japanese writing system alongside hiragana and katakana.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kanji canonical | 32 |
| Chinese characters | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese orthographic unit
ⓘ
logographic character ⓘ writing system component ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
hiragana
ⓘ
katakana ⓘ traditional Chinese characters ⓘ |
| etymologicalSource | classical Chinese writing system ⓘ |
| hasDigitalEncoding | Unicode Han characters ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
can combine to form compound words
ⓘ
can have multiple readings ⓘ each character usually represents a morpheme ⓘ many characters simplified in Japan ⓘ |
| hasReadingType |
kun’yomi
ⓘ
on’yomi ⓘ |
| hasRomanizationContrast | rōmaji ⓘ |
| hasSubset |
jinmeiyō kanji
ⓘ
jōyō kanji ⓘ |
| kun’yomiDerivedFrom | native Japanese words ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Japanese
ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese language
|
| learningDifficulty | considered challenging for learners of Japanese ⓘ |
| numberOfCommonUseCharacters | about 2136 jōyō kanji ⓘ |
| on’yomiDerivedFrom | Chinese pronunciation ⓘ |
| origin | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| partOf | Japanese orthography ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
Ministry of Education of Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese Ministry of Education
|
| scriptDirection |
left-to-right in horizontal text
ⓘ
top-to-bottom in vertical text ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Han characters ⓘ |
| simplificationPolicy | shinjitai characters ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Chinese character
ⓘ
logogram ⓘ |
| taughtIn |
Japanese primary schools
ⓘ
Japanese secondary schools ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
hiragana
ⓘ
katakana ⓘ |
| usedFor |
abbreviations in some contexts
ⓘ
adjective stems ⓘ content words ⓘ many personal names ⓘ many place names ⓘ nouns ⓘ verb stems ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Japanese writing system
ⓘ
classical Japanese texts ⓘ modern Japanese ⓘ |
| writingDirection |
horizontal left-to-right
ⓘ
vertical top-to-bottom ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Japanese ⓘ |
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chinese characters
subject surface form:
Ōse
subject surface form:
Meisekiji
subject surface form:
Ichiro