Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gaiji

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gai-ji
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 外字, literally "external characters".

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 外字

Questions

What does gaiji mean?: 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.
Where does gaiji come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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