The kanji for “bear” (熊, kuma) was chosen as the single most representative character symbolic of the social mood in Japan this year, the Kyoto-based Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation said ...

Who invented kanji? The truth remains a mystery. Yet a legend from a neighboring land tells of an ancient sage named Cangjie ...

A file picture taken on December 12 shows Seihan Mori, the chief priest of Kyoto's famous Kiyomizu temple, displaying his caligraphy of a kanji (or Chinese character), "Kizuna" meaning "bond", which ...

Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, writes the Chinese "mitsu", meaning "congested" or "dense", as the character was selected as the single best kanji symbolising the ...

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. has announced the results of its annual popular baby names survey, revealing ranking of names ...

It has been a taxing year for many in Japan and the character “zei”, which refers to taxes, has been chosen by the public as the kanji character that best represents 2023. Kanji are Chinese characters ...

One of the most intimidating things about learning Japanese is the writing system. There are three different sets of characters you’ll need to become proficient in, and while two of them, hiragana and ...

Kanji Character Of The Year 2023: The temple's head priest, Seihan Mori, reproduced it with a huge brush on a white washi paper canvas. Japan's word of the year is the kanji character for “tax”- a ...

Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, writes the Chinese "mitsu", meaning "congested" or "dense", as the character was selected as the single best kanji symbolising the ...