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kantenji

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kan-ten-ji
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The system of writing Japanese kanji using Braille.

Uncountable

noun

Any individual kanji character as represented in Braille.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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”)

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Questions

What does kantenji mean?
The system of writing Japanese kanji using Braille.
Where does kantenji come from?
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”)

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