noun:

• subscript; superscript
• index - Mathematics term

noun:

• kanji (as opposed to kana) ➜ 仮名【かな】
• printed-style writing ➜ 楷書

noun:

• character of questionable form

noun:

• type of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines which is often used in seals

noun:

• two characters; name

noun:

• symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk)
• turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character - later printed as 〓

noun:

• omitted word; blank type; missing letter

noun:

• copying; transcription

noun:

• auxiliary - Linguistics term
• auxiliary character (in kanbun)

noun:

• syllabary; phonetic symbol

noun:

• native Japanese kanji (esp. used during the Edo period) - archaism ➜ 国字
• made-up kanji; Chinese character of one's own creation
• creating a character with a group of people ➜ 人文字

noun / ~する noun:

• designing a font
• creating a new character not currently available

noun:

• abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character
• acronym; abbreviation ➜ 略語

noun:

• kanji used for sound equivalence ➜ 当て字

noun:

• first letter; first letters; initial

noun:

• the letter a (in esoteric Buddhism)

noun:

• distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage

noun:

• seal script character

noun:

• similar kanji

noun:

• (inadvertent) insertion of a character in a text

noun:

• informal variant of a Chinese character; popular form of a Chinese character

noun:

• old kanji form ➜ 旧字体

noun:

• oblique letter; slanting character

noun:

• Chinese character; unsimplified (original form of) a Chinese character

noun / ~する noun:

• transliteration