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"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "文字",
"lit": "writing + character"
},
"expansion": "文字 (MC mjun dziH, literally “writing + character”)",
"name": "ltc-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yue",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Cantonese",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 文字 (MC mjun dziH, literally “writing + character”). Compare modern Cantonese reading man⁴ zi⁶.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "文字",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"もん"
],
[
"字",
"じ"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "monji",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "もんじ"
},
"expansion": "文(もん)字(じ) • (monji)",
"name": "ja-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a letter, a character (symbol for a sound or a word)"
],
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[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"character",
"character"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"ja:Linguistics"
],
"glosses": [
"script, writing system"
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"script",
"script"
],
[
"writing system",
"writing system"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) script, writing system"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a written mora, a kana"
],
"links": [
[
"mora",
"mora"
],
[
"kana",
"kana"
]
],
"qualifier": "specific to Japanese",
"raw_glosses": [
"(specific to Japanese) a written mora, a kana"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"writing in general, written words"
],
"links": [
[
"writing",
"writing"
],
[
"written",
"written"
],
[
"words",
"words"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a document"
],
"links": [
[
"document",
"document"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension from the “writing” sense) a document"
],
"raw_tags": [
"from the “writing” sense"
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"reading and writing"
],
"links": [
[
"reading",
"reading"
],
[
"writing",
"writing"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension from the “writing” sense) reading and writing"
],
"raw_tags": [
"from the “writing” sense"
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"studies"
],
"links": [
[
"studies",
"studies"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension from the “writing” sense) studies"
],
"raw_tags": [
"from the “writing” sense"
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "もんじ"
},
{
"ipa": "[mõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]"
}
],
"word": "文字"
}
{
"categories": [
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese nouns",
"Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
"Japanese words with multiple readings",
"ja:Orthography",
"ja:Typography"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "kaomoji",
"ruby": [
[
"顔",
"かお"
],
[
"文",
"も"
],
[
"字",
"じ"
]
],
"word": "顔文字: smiley"
},
{
"english": "not to be confused with emoticon",
"roman": "emoji",
"ruby": [
[
"絵",
"え"
],
[
"文",
"も"
],
[
"字",
"じ"
]
],
"word": "絵文字: emoji"
},
{
"roman": "ōmoji",
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[
"大",
"おお"
],
[
"文",
"も"
],
[
"字",
"じ"
]
],
"word": "大文字: uppercase letter"
},
{
"roman": "komoji",
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[
"小",
"こ"
],
[
"文",
"も"
],
[
"字",
"じ"
]
],
"word": "小文字: lowercase letter"
},
{
"roman": "kiriru moji",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"も"
],
[
"字",
"じ"
]
],
"word": "キリル文字: Cyrillic letter"
},
{
"english": "literal, literally",
"roman": "mojidōri",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"も"
],
[
"字",
"じ"
],
[
"通",
"どお"
]
],
"word": "文字通り"
},
{
"roman": "mojibake",
"word": "文字化け: corrupt character"
},
{
"word": "letter"
},
{
"word": "especially from display"
},
{
"word": "transfer through an inappropriate character set"
},
{
"word": "encoding"
},
{
"word": "e.g."
},
{
"word": "•¶Žš‰»‚¯"
},
{
"word": "which is a corruption of 文字化け"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "/mond͡ʑi/ → /mod͡ʑi/\nSound shift from monji above.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "文字",
"ruby": [
[
"文",
"も"
],
[
"字",
"じ"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "moji",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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"1": "もじ"
},
"expansion": "文(も)字(じ) • (moji)",
"name": "ja-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"a letter or character (symbol for a sound or a word)"
],
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[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"character",
"character"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"ja:Linguistics"
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"script, writing system"
],
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[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"script",
"script"
],
[
"writing system",
"writing system"
]
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"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a written mora, a kana"
],
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[
"mora",
"mora"
],
[
"kana",
"kana"
]
],
"qualifier": "specific to Japanese",
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"(specific to Japanese) a written mora, a kana"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"writing in general, written words"
],
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[
"writing",
"writing"
],
[
"written",
"written"
],
[
"words",
"words"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a document"
],
"links": [
[
"document",
"document"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
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"raw_tags": [
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],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"reading and writing"
],
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[
"reading",
"reading"
],
[
"writing",
"writing"
]
],
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],
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"from the “writing” sense"
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"studies"
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[
"studies",
"studies"
]
],
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"(by extension from the “writing” sense) studies"
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"from the “writing” sense"
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"Kansai Japanese"
],
"glosses": [
"the tails side of a coin, the side with writing on it"
],
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[
"tails",
"tails"
],
[
"coin",
"coin"
],
[
"writing",
"writing"
]
],
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],
"tags": [
"Kansai"
]
},
{
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"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Kansai Japanese"
],
"glosses": [
"a coin, money"
],
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[
"coin",
"coin"
],
[
"money",
"money"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Kansai, by extension) a coin, money"
],
"tags": [
"Kansai",
"broadly"
]
}
],
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{
"other": "もじ"
},
{
"ipa": "[mo̞ʑi]"
}
],
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}
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"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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"文字"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "文字",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
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"title": "文字",
"trace": ""
}
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