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Esoteric Kanji Compendium: Jōyō and Beyond
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  • 1. Phonetic syllabary used alongside kanji to convey grammar
  • 2. Abbreviated variant kanji, sometimes evading formal lexicons
  • 3. Another name for native-style kanji pronunciations
  • 4. Native Japanese phonetic interpretation beneath borrowed characters
  • 6. Minimal meaning units, the building blocks of kanji compounds
  • 8. Ancient chronicle that informs early kanji usage and mythology
  • 12. Syllabary often signaling foreign loanwords and emphasis
  • 14. Chinese-derived pronunciation layer often overshadowed by native readings
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  • 5. Official government list defining educational kanji standards
  • 7. Ancient script predecessor using kanji phonetically
  • 9. Suffix kana that tail verbs and adjectives in kanji compounds
  • 10. Meaning aspects encoded within complex kanji structures
  • 11. Imperial dictionary influencing kanji radicals classification
  • 13. Study unraveling the origin and evolution of kanji forms
  • 15. Graphical elements serving as semantic or phonetic roots

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