(card games) in 歌ガルタ (uta-garuta), the beginning character(s) that uniquely identify a poem

Alternative spelling of 決まり字 (kimariji): in karuta, the beginning character(s) that uniquely identify a poem

archaic form of a Chinese character

spelling

kanji that is not read in the kanbun kundoku (漢文訓読) process

kuzushiji; “cursive characters”, a highly cursive form of Japanese writing now obsolete

tsuzukeji; “continuing characters”, writing kana in continuous strokes

(mahjong) honor tile

an erroneous, i.e. incorrectly written, Chinese character

the character 永 (ei, “eternity”)