字

Printing

ligature

seal script character

kanji meaning interpretation

traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character

word-for-word translation; literal translation

European letters; Latin script

Computing

number token

illiteracy

different character; other character

variant character; different written form of a character

Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)

word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji"

origin of a character

composition of a Chinese character

Chinese character from which a kana character is derived

linear script (e.g. Linear A, Linear B)

E.g. 昨日 (きのう), 大人 (おとな)

reading assigned to a kanji compound whose constituent characters are related to the word's meaning but not its pronunciation; kanji compound reading that has no correspondence to the readings of the constituent characters

lake shaped like the kanji "heart" character (traditional Japanese gardens)

Computing

single kanji

printing type made from wood

E.g. 両 for 輛

substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji

different letter; different character; different spelling

Computing

character width

Japanese characters; kanji and kana

Computing

open face

character class (e.g. distinct kanji character and its alternative written forms)

Computing

character body