The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters.
"When learning to read old books, I had to spend hours memorizing how each kanji combines to form new meanings within the traditional Japanese writing system."
Alternative letter-case form of kanji
"The simplified version of that complex character is a more efficient alternative letter-case form of kanji used in mainland China and Japan today."
The word kanji comes from Japanese, where it originally meant "Chinese characters." It is formed by combining the Middle Chinese words for "Han dynasty" and "character."