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Where does “gaiji” come from?

gaiji (English) comes from Japanese 外字 — A character not included in a standard set of...

gaiji (English): A character that is valid in a given writing...

Definitions

  1. A character that is valid in a given writing...

Ancestry of “gaiji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese外字A character not included in a standard set of...
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