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Wasei-kango

Japanese word, consisting of morphemes borrowed from Chinese, but which was not originally used in Chinese itself
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Wasei-kango

Summary

Wasei-kango ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Wasei-kango is a type of Sino-Japanese vocabulary[2].
  • Wasei-kango's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[3].
  • Wasei-kango's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wasei kango[4].
  • Wasei-kango's facet of is recorded as kanji[5].

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Definition and Type

Wasei-kango is a type of Sino-Japanese vocabulary[2].

Why It Matters

Wasei-kango ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).[1] Wasei-kango has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] Wasei-kango is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Wasei-kango. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wasei-kango
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  1. 7d ago · CCLIM · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Wasei kango
    Subclass of → Sino-Japanese vocabulary
    Permanent duplicated item → Q139829667
    Facet of → kanji
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2959]]: [[Q139829667]]"
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