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| - | :''[[writing]]'' | + | '''Kanji''' are the adopted [[logographic]] [[Chinese characters]] (''hanzi'') that are used in the modern [[Japanese writing system]] along with [[hiragana]] and [[katakana]]. The [[Japanese language|Japanese]] term ''kanji'' for the Chinese characters literally means "[[Han Chinese|Han]] characters" and is written using the same characters as the [[Chinese language|Chinese]] word ''[[hanzi]]''. |
| - | The '''history of writing''' encompasses the various ''[[writing systems]]'' that [[history|evolved]] in the [[Early Bronze Age]] (late [[4th millennium BC]]) out of [[neolithic]] ''proto-writing''. | + | |
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| - | ;Main:[[Phonetics]], [[Palaeography]], [[logograms]], [[logographic]], [[Vinča signs]], [[Asemic writing]] | + | * [[List of kanji by concept]] |
| - | ;General: [[Alphabet]], [[Palaeography]], [[Inscriptions]], [[Book]], [[Manuscript]], [[Shorthand]], [[Latin alphabet]], [[writing system]], [[ogham]], [[Indus script]], [[Mixtec]], [[uncial]]s, [[hanja]], [[Zapotec civilization|Zapotec]], [[kanji]], [[Aurignacian]], [[Chinese character]]s, [[Ugarit]], [[katakana]], [[Acheulean]], [[Ethnoarchaeology]], [[Hoabinhian]], [[Gravettian]], [[Oldowan]], [[Uruk]], [[Etruscan alphabet|Etruscan]], [[Cretan hieroglyphs]], [[Hadza]], [[Nabataean]], [[Luwian]], [[Olmec]], [[Busra]] | + | * [[List of kanji by stroke count]] |
| - | ;Other: [[Oral literature]], [[History of developmental dyslexia]] | + | * [[Yojijukugo]] |
| - | ;Systems: | + | * [[Han unification]] |
| + | * [[Hanja]] (Korean equivalent) | ||
| + | * [[Han-Nom]] (Vietnamese equivalent) | ||
| + | * [[Japanese script reform]] | ||
| + | * [[Japanese typefaces]] (''Shotai'') | ||
| + | * [[Kanji of the year]] | ||
| + | * [[POP (Point of Purchase typeface)]] | ||
| + | * [[Stroke order]] | ||
| + | * [[Radical (Chinese character)]] | ||
| + | * [[Table of Japanese kanji radicals|Table of kanji radicals]] | ||
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Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters (hanzi) that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana and katakana. The Japanese term kanji for the Chinese characters literally means "Han characters" and is written using the same characters as the Chinese word hanzi.
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See also
- List of kanji by concept
- List of kanji by stroke count
- Yojijukugo
- Han unification
- Hanja (Korean equivalent)
- Han-Nom (Vietnamese equivalent)
- Japanese script reform
- Japanese typefaces (Shotai)
- Kanji of the year
- POP (Point of Purchase typeface)
- Stroke order
- Radical (Chinese character)
- Table of kanji radicals
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