noun:

• auspicious characters (used in people or place names)

noun:

• Jurchen script

noun:

• carving characters; carved characters

noun:

• the Japanese syllabary symbols

noun:

• capital letter
• first character of a dictionary entry
• matrix (printing)
• kanji corresponding to furigana

noun:

• wildcard character - IT term

noun:

• "No." (Zhaozhou's answer to the koan "Does a dog have Buddha nature?") - Buddhism term ➜ 狗子仏性

noun:

• kanji character with a concrete meaning - e.g. 犬, 草, etc.

noun:

• delimiter - IT term

noun:

• ancient Japanese characters (regarded today as created at a much more recent date)

noun:

• printing type made from wood

noun:

• optical character

noun:

• phonetic symbol; phonogram ➜ 表意文字

noun:

• kanji compound ➜ 熟語

noun:

• code extension character - IT term

noun:

• knotted cords used to record figures, facts, etc.; quipu

noun:

• silver-gilt letters; silvery letters

noun:

• ornate initial; capital letters; flowers planted to form characters

noun:

• subscript; superscript
• index - Mathematics term

noun:

• swastika

noun:

• Brahmi script

noun:

• nonwhite character - IT term

noun:

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

noun:

• federal (budget) deficit

noun:

• character of questionable form