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Kanji

NameKanji
TypeLogographic
LanguagesOld Japanese, Japanese
Fam1Oracle Bone Script
Fam2Seal Script
Fam3Clerical Script
Fam4Kaishu
SistersHanja, Zhuyin, Simplified Chinese, Chu Nom, Khitan script, Jurchen script
Iso15924Hani

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|} are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana (ひらがな, 平仮名), katakana (カタカナ, 片仮名), Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet (known as "rōmaji"). The Japanese term kanji (漢字) for the Chinese characters literally means "Han characters" and is the same written term in the Chinese language to refer to the character writing system hanzi (漢字).


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