字

distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage

U-shaped gutter

typewriter; teletype

Mahjong

all honors; winning hand consisting only of honor tiles

newly created character

newly introduced (kanji) character (in a textbook)

Abbreviation

new character form; shinjitai; simplified form of kanji used in Japan since 1946

kite with a (kanji or kana) character written on it

man's handwriting

kanji; Chinese characters

letter (of an alphabet); syllabic character

matrix; printing type

Linguistics

representative character of a Middle Chinese initial consonant

the same character

spelling

kanji dictionary

carving characters; carved characters

losses; deficit; amount in the red

spelling rules; orthography

nickname

old-style kanji

mouth shaped like a kana "he" character; mouth turned down at the corners

character spacing; space between letters or characters

auspicious characters (used in people or place names)

kanji for "takara" (impressed on the obverse of a coin)

the Japanese reading of a kanji

to parody; to make a parody of; to pun (on)

to twist; to distort

omission of a character; omitted character; blank type

Historical term

insertion of blank spaces before and after the names of dignitaries (as a sign of respect)

native Japanese characters (i.e. hiragana and katakana); kana

kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji