noun:

• large character
• alternative kanji used for numbers

noun:

• least significant digit; LSD - IT term

noun:

• auspicious characters (used in people or place names)

noun:

• coded character set - IT term

noun:

• handwriting recognition - IT term

noun:

• numeric character set - IT term

noun:

• Jurchen script

noun:

• carving characters; carved characters

noun:

• subtitles; captioning

noun:

• alphanumeric character set - IT term

noun:

• the Japanese syllabary symbols

noun:

• Crux (constellation) - Astronomy term

noun:

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

noun:

• four-letter word (English)

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:

• four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)

noun:

• nonnumeric item - IT term

noun:

• laser printer - IT term

noun:

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

noun:

• printing type made from wood

noun / ~の noun:

• hypermeter; excess syllables in haiku, waka, etc. ➜ 字足らず

noun:

• meaning of a word; sense of a word