"Chinese ideographs that make up the bulk of Japanese writing," 1907, from Japanese kan "Chinese" (literally Han) + ji "letter, character."
*kan-
Kanaka
Kanarese
*kand-
kangaroo
kanji
Kansas
Kantian
kaolin
*kap-
kapellmeister
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