| 释义 |
‖ kanji|ˈkandʒi|
[Jap., f. kan Chinese + ji letter, character.]
a. The corpus of borrowed and adapted Chinese ideographs which forms the principal part of the Japanese writing system. Cf. kana.
b. Any one of these ideographs. Used esp. attrib.
1920W. M. McGovern Colloq. Japanese 7 The Honji or Kanji consist of the ideographs taken over from China. 1960New Scientist 21 Apr. 1014/3 The Japanese newspaper contains roughly 50 per cent. kanji or Chinese characters, 40 per cent. kana letters or phonetic signs, and 10 per cent. Arabic figures and other signs. 1964M. Critchley Developmental Dyslexia iv. 14 More difficulty was experienced in reading the syllabary Kana script than the ideographic Kanji symbols of Chinese origin. 1965W. Swaan Jap. Lantern vi. 74 The immense prestige of the kanji (Chinese characters) proved irresistible. 1972Mainichi Daily News (Japan) 6 Nov. 17/4 (Advt.), Plastic Kanji Cards... All the 1,900 symbolic characters now used in Japanese newspapers and magazines, in Plastic Cards. Ibid., An easy method to learn the 1,900 Chinese-Japanese characters (Kanji) now used. |
