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Kanji

2 stages from Japanese to English.

Today it means the Chinese-derived logographic characters used in Japanese writing
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Stage 1 of 2
kanji
Japanese · medieval
"Chinese-derived written characters"
literally Han characters, the Chinese-derived characters used in Japanese writing
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Stage 2 of 2
kanji
English · 1900s
"the Chinese-derived characters used in Japanese writing"
adopted directly by linguists and students of Japanese
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