kanji
adopted logographic Chinese characters used in the modern Japanese writing system
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Summary
kanji is a natural writing system[1]. kanji ranks in the top 5% of natural writing system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,822 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: logographic writing system[3]
- Based on: Chinese characters[4]
- Subclass of: demotic Chinese characters[5], logographic writing system[6]
- Part of: CJK[7], Japanese writing system[8]
- Commons category: Kanji[9]
- Language of work or name: Old Japanese[10], Japanese[11]
- Country of origin: Japan[12]
- Has part(s): kokuji[13], ryakuji[14]
- Start time: 500[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kanji[16]
- Commons gallery: Kanji[17]
- Script directionality: vertical right-to-left[18], left-to-right[19]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/tags/kanji[20]
- Different from: Hanja[21], chữ Hán[22]
- History of topic: history of kanji[23]
- Has list: list of kanji by concept[24], list of kanji by stroke count[25]
- Has part(s) of the class: kanji character[26]
Why It Matters
kanji has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] kanji is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]