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3 Replies ・ Started by marctison75 at 2021-12-01 23:47:53 UTC ・ Last reply by Dr4chan at 2021-12-02 17:55:36 UTC

Meaning of (Phantom Kanji)

Hello! What is the meaning of (Phantom Kanji) in the main meaning of a kanji? For example here: https://jisho.org/search/%E6%A7%9E%20%23kanji

Thanks
Marc

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Leebo at 2021-12-01 23:56:15 UTC

The entry on Wiktionary states:

"Ghost character" 60-57 present in the original JIS X 0208 specification as a result of bad digitalization methods. It is a spurious character and therefore meaningless.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A7%9E

Presumably "phantom kanji" is the tag dedicated to those spuriously generated characters.

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marctison75 at 2021-12-02 09:05:13 UTC

@Leebo, Thank you very much for your explanation. Have a nice day.

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Dr4chan at 2021-12-02 17:55:36 UTC

Phantom Kanji can only be used by ghosts

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