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幽霊文字 (yuureimoji) Japanese meaning: ghost character | Kotomora
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めい
の
文も
字じ
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いくつ
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含ふく
ま
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いる
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The JIS kanji set includes several characters of unknown origin called ghost characters.
'妛' is one of the well-known ghost characters.
Kanji 幽 seclude, confine to a room, deep 文 sentence, literature, style Related words 幽ゆう 霊れい 幽霊 means 'ghost' in the supernatural sense, while 幽霊文字 refers to kanji that exist only as 'ghosts' in the character set with no real-world usage.
JIS X 0208じすえっくすぜろにーぜろはち The Japanese Industrial Standard character set where these ghost characters were originally included.
Etymology From 幽霊 (ghost) + 文字 (character), referring to kanji that appear in the JIS character set but have no known origin, as if they are 'ghosts' without a real existence.
