Kokuji, the Glossary
In Japanese, or are kanji created in Japan rather than borrowed from China.[1]
Table of Contents
29 relations: Ateji, Birch, Chữ Nôm, Cleyera japonica, Cod, Cryptomeria, Euonymus, Hanja, Japanese language, Japanese-Language Proficiency Test, Kanji, Kun'yomi, Live oak, Lophius, Man'yōshū, Maple, Meiji era, Nara period, National Standards of the People's Republic of China, On'yomi, Ryakuji, Sardine, Sawndip, Sebastes inermis, Sillago, Standard Chinese, Toponymy, Unicode Consortium, Wasei-kango.
- Japanese writing system terms
Ateji
In modern Japanese, principally refers to kanji used to phonetically represent native or borrowed words with less regard to the underlying meaning of the characters. Kokuji and Ateji are Japanese writing system terms and kanji.
See Kokuji and Ateji
Birch
A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams.
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Chữ Nôm
Chữ Nôm is a logographic writing system formerly used to write the Vietnamese language.
Cleyera japonica
Cleyera japonica (sakaki) is a flowering evergreen tree native to warm areas of Japan, Taiwan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, and northern India (Min and Bartholomew 2015).
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Cod
Cod (cod) is the common name for the demersal fish genus Gadus, belonging to the family Gadidae.
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Cryptomeria
Cryptomeria (literally "hidden parts") is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae.
Euonymus
Euonymus is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family, Celastraceae.
Hanja
Hanja, alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language.
See Kokuji and Hanja
Japanese language
is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.
See Kokuji and Japanese language
Japanese-Language Proficiency Test
The, or JLPT, is a standardized criterion-referenced test to evaluate and certify Japanese language proficiency for non-native speakers, covering language knowledge, reading ability, and listening ability.
See Kokuji and Japanese-Language Proficiency Test
Kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters adapted from the Chinese script used in the writing of Japanese. Kokuji and Kanji are Japanese writing system and Japanese writing system terms.
See Kokuji and Kanji
Kun'yomi
, is a reading based on the pronunciation of a native Japanese word, or yamato kotoba, that closely approximated the meaning of the corresponding Chinese character when it was introduced. Kokuji and Kun'yomi are Japanese writing system terms and kanji.
Live oak
Live oak or evergreen oak is any of a number of oaks in several different sections of the genus Quercus that share the characteristic of evergreen foliage.
Lophius
Members of the genus Lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are various species of lophiid anglerfishes found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Man'yōshū
The is the oldest extant collection of Japanese (poetry in Classical Japanese), compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period.
Maple
Acer is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples.
See Kokuji and Maple
Meiji era
The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.
Nara period
The of the history of Japan covers the years from 710 to 794.
National Standards of the People's Republic of China
The National Standards of the People's Republic of China, coded as, are the standards issued by the Standardization Administration of China under the authorization of Article 10 of the Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China.
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On'yomi
, or the Sino-Japanese reading, is the reading of a kanji based on the historical Chinese pronunciation of the character. Kokuji and On'yomi are Japanese writing system terms and kanji.
Ryakuji
In Japanese language, Ryakuji (略字 "abbreviated characters", or hissha ryakuji, meaning "handwritten abbreviated characters") are colloquial simplifications of kanji. Kokuji and ryakuji are Japanese writing system, Japanese writing system terms and kanji.
Sardine
Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring family Clupeidae.
Sawndip
Sawndip (Sawndip: 𭨡𮄫) are Chinese characters used to write the Zhuang languages in the Chinese provinces of Guangxi and Yunnan.
Sebastes inermis
Sebastes inermis, the Japanese red seaperch or dark-banded rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae.
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Sillago
Sillago is a genus of fish in the family Sillaginidae and the only non-monotypic genus in the family.
Standard Chinese
Standard Chinese is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912‒1949).
See Kokuji and Standard Chinese
Toponymy
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of toponyms (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types.
Unicode Consortium
The Unicode Consortium (legally Unicode, Inc.) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization incorporated and based in Mountain View, California, U.S. Its primary purpose is to maintain and publish the Unicode Standard which was developed with the intention of replacing existing character encoding schemes that are limited in size and scope, and are incompatible with multilingual environments.
See Kokuji and Unicode Consortium
Wasei-kango
are those words in the Japanese language composed of Chinese morphemes but invented in Japan rather than borrowed from China. Kokuji and Wasei-kango are kanji.
See also
Japanese writing system terms
- Asahi characters
- Ateji
- Chōonpu
- Dakuten and handakuten
- Emoji
- Extended shinjitai
- Furigana
- Half-width kana
- Hiragana
- Kana
- Kanji
- Katakana
- Kokuji
- Kun'yomi
- Kyūjitai
- List of Chinese–Japanese false friends
- Loanwords in Japanese
- Nanori
- On'yomi
- Rendaku
- Ryakuji
- Shinjitai
- Sokuon
- Wasei-eigo
- Yojijukugo
- Yōon
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokuji
Also known as Wasei kanji.