唐から文も字じ

noun

Chinese characters; kanji

Old-fashioned term for Chinese characters, used in contrast with 大和文字 (yamato-moji, 'Japanese characters', i.e., kana). Rare in modern Japanese; 漢字 is the usual word.

See also: 大和文字

• 昔むかしは漢かん字じのことを唐から文も字じと呼よんだ。

  Long ago, Chinese characters were called 唐文字.