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Kanji vs Vocabulary - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between kanji and vocabulary

is that kanji is chinese characters as used in the Japanese language while vocabulary is a usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.

As a proper noun Kanji

is alternative case form of kanji.

kanji

English

(wikipedia kanji)

Alternative forms

* Kanji

Noun

(kanji)
  • Chinese characters as used in the Japanese language.

    • Related terms

    * hanzi (Chinese) * hanja (Korean) * (Vietnamese)

    See also

    * kana (, ??) * hiragana (, ????) * katakana (, ????) * , ??????) * romaji (, ????) * shinjitai (, ?????) * * ----

    vocabulary

    English

    Noun

    (vocabularies)
  • A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
  • The collection of words a person knows and uses.
    • My Russian vocabulary is very limited.
  • The stock of words used in a particular field.
    • The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
  • The words of a language collectively.
    • The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.
  • A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques

    • Derived terms

    * defining vocabulary * controlled vocabulary * extended vocabulary

    Coordinate terms

    * dictionary * lexicon * wordhoard (obsolete)

    Synonyms

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