Kokuji
Kokuji ( Jap. 国字 , dt. National character or 和製漢字 Wasei kanji , German , Japanese Kanji ' , literally "created in Japan Han characters ") are Kanji that in Japan follows the formal principles of Chinese writing were developed, but usually can only be used in Japanese . Only in rare cases was a Kokuji adopted in China.
The following table shows some examples:
| character | Hepburn | meaning | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 峠 | tōge | Mountain pass | composed of radical 46 山 (yama, "mountain") and the Kanji 上 (ue, "above") + Kanji 下 (shita, "below") |
| 凧 | tako | Dragons | composed of the Kanji 風 (kaze, "wind") and radical 50 巾 (haba, "cloth") |
| 辻 | tsuji | crossing | composed of go and 十 (jū, "ten", radical 24 ) (the symbol for the number ten can be seen here as a cross) |
| 杢 | moku | Lumber | composed of radical 75 木 (ki, "wood") and radical 48 工 (kō, "construction work") |
| 榊 | sakaki | Bulky shrub | composed of radical 75 木 (ki, "wood") and 神 kami . |
| 鰯 | iwashi | Sardine / anchovy | composed of radical 195 魚 (sakana, "fish") and 弱 jaku , "weakness". |