kokuji

Borrowed from Japanese 国字(こくじ) (kokuji), from Middle Chinese 國 (kwok, “kingdom, nation”) +‎ 字 (dzì, “[written] character”). Doublet of gukja.

kokuji (plural kokuji)

1. Any of the kanji characters invented in Japan.

• Some kokuji have since been used in Chinese languages; see Category:Japanese-coined CJKV characters used outside Japanese.
• Some kokkun (characters borrowed from Chinese, but given different meanings in Japanese) are often mislabeled as kokuji.
• Japanese simplifications are instead referred to as 新字体 (しんじたい, shinjitai, “new character forms”).

• Category:Japanese-coined CJKV characters
• hanja
• hanzi
• kanji
• 新字体 (しんじたい, shinjitai, “new character forms”).

kokuji

1. Rōmaji transcription of こくじ