Kanji

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  kanji
       
           /kahn'jee/ (From the Japanese
          "kan" - the Chinese Han dynasty, and "ji" - {glyph} or letter
          of the alphabet.  Not capitalised.  Plural "kanji") The
          Japanese word for a {Han character} used in Japanese.  Kanji


          constitute a part of the {writing system} used to represent
          the Japanese language in written, printed and displayed form.
          The term is also used for the collection of all kanji
          {letters}.
       
          {US-ASCII} doesn't include kanji characters, but some
          {character encodings}, including {Unicode}, do.
       
          The Japanese writing system also uses hiragana, katakana, and
          sometimes romaji ({Roman alphabet} letters).  These characters
          are distinct from, though commonly used in combination with,
          kanji.  {Furigana} are also added sometimes.
       
          (2000-12-30)