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漢字. Chinese characters as used in Japanese writing as opposed to the two kana syllabaries and rōmaji (Latin letters).

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Is it acceptable to learn just one pronunciation for each kanji?

If you only want to be able to type into a Japanese keyboard and get kanji out, then you only need to know one reading of the character - but you'll need to know which character you're looking for, because …
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Why are simple kanji sometimes written in hiragana?

Additionally, it's usually not too hard to make kana readable in an 8x8 pixel box, but any half-way complicated kanji is likely to become an entire mess. … Look at the discussion in this question for an example of how overly-pixellated kanji are undesirable. …
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Should I remember kanji of words that mostly use the kana version?

, which are kanji that are taught in Japanese schools up to 6th grade. … Of note, both component kanji of 貴方, along with 面, are covered in kyouiku. …
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Why don't the characters used for Japanese Kanji have the same meaning as those used in Chin...

To borrow a little from an older, related answer: When the Japanese adopted Chinese characters as kanji, the main goal was to find characters with sufficiently similar meaning to existing Japanese words …
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Use of Kanji characters

Alternatively, if you saw a word you're unfamiliar with but it's written in kanji you recognise, you can take a guess at the word's meaning based on those kanji. … Kanji also make it easier to see how text is broken up. …
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What is the first Kanji in this image?

It looks pretty clearly like it's 森口(もりぐち).
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What is mostly used on signs in Tokyo: Katakana, Hiragana or Kanji?

The road signs in most places in Japan have been standardised, such that any directional signs will typically have both Japanese (typically kanji with kana where appropriate) and English for place names …
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