Kanji are symbols that represent words in Japanese. They can stand alone, or they can combine with other kanji or kana to create more words and ideas. They are descended from Chinese characters, which ...

Cherry blossoms, cranes and the language of Japanese symbols Nothing says 'Japan' like an origami crane. On its own, the animal itself often represents the country as well as longevity. | GETTY IMAGES ...

The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand ...

No rivalry, therefore, in the land of pictograms. Globalized computer language Emojis were exported from their Japanese cradle to the world when they entered the Google library in 2006.