文字
NOUN
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[/mo̞nd͡ʑi/ja-JP]
character
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glyph
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symbol
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letter
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sign
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written character
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writing
untranslatable
(While 'writing' can denote the act or art of forming characters, it does not uniquely represent the concept of a '文字', which specifically refers to the individual characters themselves.)
言葉や思想を書き表すために用いられる、一つ一つの記号や符号のこと。ひらがな、カタカナ、漢字やアルファベットなど、各言語体系における個別の表記要素を指す。