Kanji — This article is about the Chinese characters used in Japanese writing. For other uses, see Kanji (disambiguation). Kanji (漢字; listen) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi[1] that are used in the modern … Wikipedia
Shinjitai — (in Shinjitai: ja. ; in Kyūjitai: ja. ; meaning new character form ) are the forms of Kanji used in Japan since the promulgation of the Tōyō Kanji List in 1946. Some of the new forms found in Shinjitai are also found in Simplified Chinese, but… … Wikipedia
Asahi characters — (朝日文字, Asahi moji?) are forms of Kanji particular to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. Unlike Simplified Chinese, where simplifications apply to all characters, the general custom in Japanese publications is to print Jōyō/Jinmeiyō Kanji in simplified… … Wikipedia
Extended shinjitai — nihongo|Extended shinjitai|拡張新字体|kakuchō shinjitai|extra=lit. extended new character form is the extension of the shinjitai simplification method to Nihongo|hyōgaiji|: kanji not included in the jōyō kanji list. They are unofficial characters: the … Wikipedia
Okurigana — (送り仮名, accompanying letters?) are kana suffixes following kanji stems in Japanese written words. They serve two purposes: to inflect adjectives and verbs, and to disambiguate kanji with multiple readings. Okurigana are only used for kun yomi… … Wikipedia
Jinmeiyō kanji — The jinmeiyō kanji (人名用漢字?, lit. Chinese characters for use in personal names) are a set of 861 Chinese characters known as the name kanji in English. They are a supplementary set of characters that can be legally used in registered personal… … Wikipedia
Jōyō kanji — Chinese characters Scripts Precursors · Oracle bone script · Bronze script · Seal script (large, small) · Clerical script · C … Wikipedia
Ryakuji — (Japanese: 略字, or 筆写略字; hissha ryakuji meaning abbreviated characters , latter meaning handwritten abbreviated characters ) are colloquial simplifications of Kanji. Ryakuji are not covered in the Kanji Kentei, nor are they officially recognized… … Wikipedia
Asahi-Zeichen — Die sogenannten Asahi Zeichen (jap. 朝日文字, Asahi moji) sind spezielle Formen der Kanji, wie sie von der Zeitung Asahi Shimbun eingeführt wurden, und auch nahezu ausschließlich von ihr benutzt werden. Bei der japanischen Schriftreform 1946 wurden… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Kandschi — Kanji Schrifttyp Logographisch Sprachen Japanisch Verwendungszeit seit ca. 500 n. Chr Offiziell in Japan Abstammung Chinesische Schriftzeichen … Deutsch Wikipedia
