Etymology

Noun

1. Chinese characters, one of the three main writing systems of Japanese. Kanji were borrowed from the Chinese language in three waves, starting in the 5th century. There are two main ways of reading most characters, the kun’yomi (Japanese reading, 訓読み) and the on’yomi (Chinese reading, 音読み). There may also be a nanori or name reading that is used for people and places.

See also

• kana (仮名, かな)
• hiragana (平仮名, ひらがな)
• katakana (片仮名, カタカナ)
• kyūjitai (旧字体, きゅうじたい)
• romaji (ローマ字, ろうまじ)
• shinjitai (新字体, しんじたい)
• Appendix:Joyo kanji by reading
• Wikipedia article about kanji

See also

• かな (仮名, kana)
• かたかな (片仮名, katakana)
• ひらがな (平仮名, hiragana)

Etymology

• Chinese: ji — 計 (计) [jì]
• English: rekan — reckon
• Hindi: ganan — गणन [gaṇana]
• Spanish: kalkul — calcular

Gismu

1. calculate; x1 calculates/reckons/computes x2 [value (ni)/state] from data x3 by process x4.