kanji
The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters.
Example
“Japanese is written in a mixture of kanji and kana.”
Other meanings
Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language.
“I know about a thousand kanji.”
A North Indian fermented drink made with beetroot, black mustard seeds, carrots etc.
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