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kantenji

kantenji noun: the system of writing Japanese kanji using Braille.

Noun

kantenji (countable and uncountable, plural kantenji)

  1. (uncountable) The system of writing Japanese kanji using Braille.
  2. Any individual kanji character as represented in Braille.

Forms of kantenji

pluralkantenji

Origin of kantenji

Borrowed from Japanese 漢点字(かんてんじ) (kantenji, “Braille kanji”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (MC xanH, “Han dynasty, China”) + Middle Chinese 點 (MC temX, “dot, point”) + Middle Chinese 字 (MC dziH, “[written] character”)

Questions about kantenji

What does kantenji mean?
Kantenji means the system of writing Japanese kanji using Braille.
What part of speech is kantenji?
Kantenji is a noun.
What is the plural of kantenji?
The plural of kantenji is kantenji.

Words near kantenji in the dictionary

  1. kantela
  2. kantelas
  3. kantele
  4. kanteles
  5. kanten
  6. kantenji
  7. Kanter
  8. Kanters
  9. Kantes
  10. kantha
  11. kantharoi

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