Where does “kanji” come from?
kanji (English) comes from Japanese かんじ, from Late Middle Chinese 字.
kanji (English): The system of writing Japanese using Chinese...
Definitions
- The system of writing Japanese using Chinese...
Ancestry of “kanji”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | かんじ | — |
| 2 | Late Middle Chinese | 字 | — |
Words derived from “kanji”