Japanese Symbols

Japanese symbols represent cultural concepts and aesthetic values. Copy and paste these Japanese symbols to add an element of Eastern wisdom to your content!

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What are Japanese Symbols Called?

These are called Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana. There are several thousand characters in those different character sets combined, and they’re used together in many different ways, often even in the same word… So, all in all, the Japanese writing system can appear beautiful.

What is a kanji symbol?

Kanji (漢字), one of the three scripts used in the Japanese language, are Chinese characters, which were first introduced to Japan in the 5th century via the Korean peninsula. Kanji are ideograms, i.e. each character has its own meaning and corresponds to a word. By combining characters, more words can be created.

What's the Japanese symbol for God?

  • Shinjitai
  • Kyūjitai