Kanji
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Kanji are logographic characters of Chinese origin used in the Japanese writing system alongside hiragana and katakana.
Aliases (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
→
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| hasDigitalEncoding |
Unicode Han characters
→
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| 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
→
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| hasSubset |
jinmeiyō kanji
→
jōyō kanji → |
| kun’yomiDerivedFrom |
native Japanese words
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| languageOfUse |
Japanese language
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| learningDifficulty |
considered challenging for learners of Japanese
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| numberOfCommonUseCharacters |
about 2136 jōyō kanji
→
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| on’yomiDerivedFrom |
Chinese pronunciation
→
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| origin |
Chinese characters
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| partOf |
Japanese orthography
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| regulatedBy |
Japanese Ministry of Education
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| scriptDirection |
left-to-right in horizontal text
→
top-to-bottom in vertical text → |
| scriptFamily |
Han characters
→
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| simplificationPolicy |
shinjitai characters
→
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| 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 (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Heisei
→
Japan → Japonic languages → Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, Japan → Kono → Taihoku → |
writingSystem |
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Ishiwara Kanji
→
|
givenName |
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Japonic languages
("Chinese characters")
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writingInfluenceFrom |
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Hinomaru
→
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writingSystemOfName |