pseudoChinese

Noun

pseudo-Chinese (uncountable)

1. (neologism) A Japanese humorous written variant which remarkably resembles Chinese by exclusively using kanji.
   • The Japanese caption at the top right of the first image reads, "When I was texting with my husband in pseudo-Chinese using only kanji".2023 July 20, Victor Mair, “Pseudo-Chinese conversation of a Japanese couple”, in Language Log (blog), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2023
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pseudo-, Chinese. False or fake Chinese.
   • Over several years in the late 1980s, he painstakingly created 4,000 pseudo-Chinese characters—the number of characters required for literacy in Mandarin—and carved them into wooden blocks.2016 August 31, Alex Vickery, “Book From the Sky”, in The Alcalde, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021