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kanji

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for kanji.

Editorial note

And I know exactly what you mean by people who think that RTK is the end-all be-all of learning kanji.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of kanji gathered in one view.

noun

Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language.

noun

A North Indian fermented drink made with beetroot, black mustard seeds, carrots etc.

noun

Drink made from sugarcane vinegar.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for kanji.

noun

Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language.

noun

A North Indian fermented drink made with beetroot, black mustard seeds, carrots etc.

noun

Drink made from sugarcane vinegar.

noun

Rice gruel made by fermentation of rice and tastes sour.

Example sentences

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And I know exactly what you mean by people who think that RTK is the end-all be-all of learning kanji.

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It's still not possible to have a single unicode text file with japanese and chinese kanji in it.

3

What I currently do is learn new kanji via Kanji in Context, and then create cards for them in my anki deck as I have learned them.

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Basically, the chalk seems to be optimized for writing Kanji strokes which need to vary in thickness and weight.

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Same concept, but better organization, more kanji, and a more natural layout and learning order.

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Also, decks such as core2000 + dictionary of basic grammar + remember the kanji or kanji damage, will give all the highest quality content I've seen to learn Japanese.

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That sounds weird to you as a Mandarin speaker, but that is because kanji pronunciation is taken from the old Wu dialect.

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Correct, ack - Kanji code converter is the one I just installed by not reading HN posting first...

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I think their approach is better than Heisig if you already have familiarity with a decent number of kanji.

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I tried the Kanji book for a bit and was fairly surprised how well it was working.

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I understood there is some conflict in the encoding of kanji into unicode, does this relate?

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I meant to type this: ふ がな 振り仮名 Furigana is a pronunciation guide for kanji, not the other way around.

Quote examples

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Recommendation: "The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course" by Andrew Scott Conning is a modern version of RTK.

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A bit more trivia for you: the Japanese pronunciation is "go" for the same kanji.

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Is the gist "People can't write kanji anymore because computer-assisted input requires only passive knowledge"?

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You might want to look into "Kanji ABC" by Foerster & Tamura.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use kanji in a sentence?

And I know exactly what you mean by people who think that RTK is the end-all be-all of learning kanji.

What does kanji mean?

Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language.

What part of speech is kanji?

kanji is commonly used as noun.