kantenji

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The system of writing Japanese kanji using Braille.
  2. Any individual kanji character as represented in Braille.

Word forms

kantenji

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 漢点字(かんてんじ) (kantenji, “Braille kanji”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (MC xanH, “Han dynasty, China”) + Middle Chinese 點 (MC temX, “dot, point”) + Middle Chinese 字 (MC dziH, “[written] character”)

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