本ほん字じ

noun

kanji (as opposed to kana)

Refers to kanji characters in contrast to kana. Used in contexts discussing writing systems or when specifying that something is written in kanji.

• この書しょ類るいは本ほん字じで書かいてください。

  Please write this document in kanji.

noun

original form of a Chinese character

The traditional or unsimplified form of a kanji, as opposed to simplified (新字体) or abbreviated forms. Often used in historical or orthographic discussions.

• 「國こく」は「国こく」の本ほん字じです。

  「國」 is the original form of 「国」.

noun

etymological parent character

A Chinese character from which another character is derived, often through semantic or phonetic extension. This is a technical term in character etymology.

• 「考こう」は「老ろう」の本ほん字じとされることがある。

  「考」 is sometimes considered the parent character of 「老」.