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gaiji

gaiji noun: a Japanese character that is valid in a given writing system but not included in the present font and/or character encoding, and which therefore is displayed using an additional mechanism. Mutually distinct from tofu and from mojibake.

Noun

gaiji (plural gaiji)

  1. A Japanese character that is valid in a given writing system but not included in the present font and/or character encoding, and which therefore is displayed using an additional mechanism. Mutually distinct from tofu and from mojibake.

Forms of gaiji

pluralgaiji

Origin of gaiji

Borrowed from Japanese 外字, literally "external characters".

Questions about gaiji

What does gaiji mean?
Gaiji means a Japanese character that is valid in a given writing system but not included in the present font and/or character encoding, and which therefore is displayed using an additional mechanism. Mutually distinct from tofu and from mojibake.
What part of speech is gaiji?
Gaiji is a noun.
What is the plural of gaiji?
The plural of gaiji is gaiji.

Words near gaiji in the dictionary

  1. Gaiers
  2. gaieties
  3. gaiety
  4. gaieté de cœur
  5. Gaige
  6. gaiji
  7. gaijin
  8. gaijin card
  9. gaijin cards
  10. gaijins
  11. Gaika

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