Most people will tell you that the most difficult thing about learning Japanese is dealing with kanji, the written characters originally imported from China. Not only are there more than 2,100 general ...

Sekai Project have released Kanji No Owari!, an Android RPG built to help English speakers memorize Kanji. According to the game’s entry on the Android store, Kanji No Owari! “helps the players in ...

KYOTO -- The kanji character "an," meaning "safety," was chosen as the single best kanji to sum up the year 2015, the organizer of the kanji aptitude test announced on Dec. 15. The kanji "an" won ...

The chief priest of Kyoto's Kiyomizu temple displays his calligraphy of "kizuna", meaning "bond" The Japanese word "kizuna", meaning bonds or connections between people, has been chosen as Japan's ...

KYOTO--“Sen,” meaning “war,” is the kanji of the year for 2022, the Kyoto-based Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation announced Dec. 12. Seihan Mori, chief abbot of the renowned Kiyomizudera temple ...

Seihan Mori, chief priest of Kyoto's Kiyomizu Temple, writes the kanji character meaning "gold," in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward on Dec. 13, 2021. (Pool photo) KYOTO -- The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing ...