Vocabulary

What does 漢和 (かんわ, kanwa) mean?

漢和 (かんわ, kanwa) means Chinese-Japanese; kanji dictionary.

Quick facts
Readingかんわ
Romajikanwa
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
かんわ
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkanwa

Chinese-Japanese; kanji dictionary

  1. 1noun China and Japan
  2. 2noun Chinese and Japanese (languages)
  3. 3noun dictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary

Example sentences

  • I bought a Chinese-Japanese kanji dictionary.

  • I look up kanji I don't know in a kanji dictionary.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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