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

  1. The system of writing Japanese using Chinese...

Ancestry of “kanji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseかんじ—
2Late Middle Chinese字—

Words derived from “kanji”

Every word from Late Middle Chinese 字 →Every word from Japanese かんじ →