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

spelling

archaic form of a Chinese character

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

standardized Chinese characters that are used to write Simplified Chinese

(linguistics) grapheme

A style of written kanji, encompassing an angular form and a set of ryakuji. It is politically associated with leftist student activism.