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仮名漢字変換 (かなかんじへんかん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

仮か名な漢かん字じ変へん換かん

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Meanings

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noun

kana-kanji conversion

computing

Computing term for converting input kana into appropriate kanji, as performed by an IME.

日本にほん語ご入にゅう力りょくでは、仮か名な漢かん字じ変へん換かんの精せい度どが重じゅう要ようだ。
In Japanese input, the accuracy of kana-kanji conversion is important.

このIMEは仮か名な漢かん字じ変へん換かんが速はやい。

This IME has fast kana-kanji conversion.

Written forms

仮か名な漢かん字じ変へん換かん
Standard technical spelling using 仮名.
かな漢かん字じ変へん換かん
Common mixed spelling; often seen in software documentation.

Kanji

仮sham, temporary, interim
名name, noted, distinguished
漢Sino-, China
字character, letter, word
変unusual, change, strange
換interchange, period, change

Similar words

IME
IME is the software that performs kana-kanji conversion; 仮名漢字変換 refers to the conversion process itself.
ローマ字じ入にゅう力りょく
Roman alphabet input is an alternative input method; kana-kanji conversion is the subsequent step that turns kana into kanji.

Etymology

Compound of 仮名 (kana) + 漢字 (kanji) + 変換 (conversion). A straightforward technical term.