Where does “kanji” come from?

kanji (Portuguese) comes from Japanese かんじ, from Late Middle Chinese 字.

kanji (Portuguese): kanji Chinese characters in Japanese context

Definitions

  1. kanji Chinese characters in Japanese context

Ancestry of “kanji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseかんじ—
2Late Middle Chinese字—
Every word from Late Middle Chinese 字 →Every word from Japanese かんじ →