WHAT IS KANJI?

Kanji is one of three Japanese writing systems along with hiragana and katakana. Both hiragana and katakana are phonetic, meaning that each character represents a single syllable, and that character will never be pronounced any other way. Kanji is a system of symbols that represent words or ideas, and that can have different meanings and pronunciations depending on their context. A kanji can be a word all by itself, like 木 (which means tree) or a kanji can be part of another word like 木造 (which means ‘wooden, or made of wood’). (https://www.nihongomaster.com/blog/what-is-kanji/)

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Look at some of Miki's kanji calligraphy pieces below: