字

picture formed from letters

painting representing reeds around water with rocks, grass or birds made using characters (Heian period)

simplified Chinese character

Japanese-language newspaper (printed outside Japan)

Linguistics

superscript diacritics; diacritical marks above letters

L-shaped

T-shaped

the hiragana character "ku"

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

chevron-shaped; dogleg-shaped

Sino-Japanese word; word using Chinese-derived readings

Printing

character advance; character pitch

braille kanji

individual character; individual letter; one character; one letter

English-language newspaper

appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.

literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning

E.g. 郎 as in 太郎 and 小次郎, 子 as in 花子 and 満寿子

kanji character commonly used at the end of given names

circled number

Mineralogy

staurolite

theory of written language

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Thousand Character Classic

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Kanjigen (character dictionary published by Gakken)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Jitsū (kanji dictionary published by Heibonsha)

binding (someone) hand and foot

being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)

straight line; beeline

word for word; verbatim; literally

Christianity

to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself