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Kanji Cryptic Artefacts and Etymology
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Symbol standing fearless alone, expressing concept sans sound
  • 2. Native Japanese reading camouflaged in character usage
  • 3. Idiosyncratic reading unique to specific literary context
  • 4. Fundamental building block, often hiding meaning in stroke form
  • 9. Repository of ancient symbols and their layered meanings
  • 11. Composite of characters conveying nuanced literary meaning
  • 12. Calligraphic regulation method ensuring elegant character shape
  • 13. Radicals classified as semantic components in kanji assembly
  • 15. Rare secondary reading like a hidden side story
Down
  • 5. Mnemonic approach that tames the chaos of ideograms
  • 6. Numerical puzzle to decipher order in written complexity
  • 7. To edit or rewrite kanji text, a literary refinement
  • 8. Inspection form to verify mastery of kanji proficiency
  • 10. Mythical kanji related to wind god’s cryptic elemental force
  • 14. Style of characters leaning between formal and cursive scripts
  • 16. Chinese-derived phonetic reading disguising original Japanese sound
  • 17. Phonetic ordering grid underpinning Japanese syllabary roots
  • 18. Control character guiding calligraphic balance and flow

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