字

small administrative unit (of a village)

phonetic symbol; phonogram; phonetic script

cuneiform (writing)

dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary

subscript; superscript

Mathematics

index

swastika (in its clockwise form, esp. as a Nazi symbol)

ornate initial; capital letters; flowers planted to form characters

crucifix

trade surplus

Organization name

Red Cross Hospital (91 hospitals in Japan)

deficit-covering (government) bond

designing a font

creating a new character not currently available

Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)

Red Cross (Society)

E.g. 渕 as variant of 淵

variant character; variant form of a character (esp. kanji)

Computing

external character; user-defined character; character not included in the JIS character set

kanji not included in the jōyō or jinmeiyō lists

foreign letters (esp. of a Western language); foreign writing

Computing

character encoding; character code

character written in a cursive style

crossroads; street crossing

official writing system of a country; official script

kana (as opposed to kanji); Japanese syllabary

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

kanji aptitude test (esp. the Kanji Kentei); The Japan Kanji Aptitude Test

printed book

woman's loincloth (worn as a kimono underskirt)

single-layer absorbent bathrobe (worn during or after a bath)

to set type