gaiji

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Japanese character that is valid in a given writing system but not included in the present font and/or character encoding, and which therefore is displayed using an additional mechanism. Mutually distinct from tofu and from mojibake.

Word forms

gaiji

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 外字, literally "external characters".

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