字

Anatomy

sigmoid colon

Computing

space character; whitespace character; blank character

Computing; E.g. ㌦, ㍍, ㍿

block of multiple characters arranged in a space equivalent to that of a single character

extended shinjitai; unofficial simplified forms of kanji not included in the jōyō list

Tangut script

correctly written character; kanji used with its original meaning

traditional kanji; unsimplified kanji

Historical term

official in charge of proofreading characters in books (in China)

Buddhism

the one-character reply ("no") offered by Zhaozhou to the question "Does a dog have Buddha nature?"

Colloquial

beautifully written (Chinese) character

punctuation words in haiku, renga, etc. such as "ya", "kana", "keri", etc.

Tibetan character

Computing

newline character

Yi script (used to write the Yi languages)

silver-gilt letters; silvery letters

entry kanji in a kanji dictionary

capital letter

matrix (printing)

kanji corresponding to furigana

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

U-shaped gutter

typewriter; teletype

cruciform

dyslexia; paralexia; reading disorder

Latin alphabet; Latin character

flat sedge hat; bamboo hat

Proverb

patience is the only way

newly created character

newly introduced (kanji) character (in a textbook)

Abbreviation

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

substitution cipher