Kanji
[ˈkand͡ʒiː]
The verdict
“Kanji” is uncommon German (frequency #59,777 among 55,078 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,777
- frequency rank, German
- 55,078
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eines der drei wichtigsten Schriftsysteme der japanischen Sprache, übernommen aus den traditionellen chinesischen Schriftzeichen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kanji |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkand͡ʒiː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kanji” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kanji is uncommon German at frequency #59,777 among 55,078 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkand͡ʒiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kanji in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Kanji, spelled K-A-N-J-I.
Definition
- 1eines der drei wichtigsten Schriftsysteme der japanischen Sprache, übernommen aus den traditionellen chinesischen Schriftzeichen
- 2ein zum Schriftsystem [1] gehörendes Zeichen
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Kanji”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-A-N-J-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.