Word Meaning 会意文字

かいいもじ kaiimoji

会意文字 is read as かいいもじ (kaiimoji) and means compound ideograph (one of the six kanji classifications).

Meaning

English

  1. compound ideograph (one of the six kanji classifications)
  2. kanji made up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain)

Reading

Kana

かいいもじ

Romaji

kaiimoji

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 95523 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

表意文字

ひょういもじ

ideogram

無文字社会

むもじしゃかい

pre-literate society

文字

もじ

writing

大文字

おおもじ

huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year

小文字

こもじ

lowercase letter

人文字

ひともじ

arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message

十文字

じゅうもんじ

cross

一文字

いちもんじ

straight line

真一文字

まいちもんじ

straight

横文字

よこもじ

European language

絵文字

えもじ

ASCII art

頭文字

かしらもじ

initials (of one's name)