Today, practitioners typically write auspicious kanji (Chinese characters) instead of poems. This custom involves transferring chosen wishes and hopes onto paper as a means of manifestation.

The Japanese writing system is made up of Kanji (Chinese characters), Hirigana, and Katakana. Without going into it too much, just know that Hirigana and Katakana are collectively known as the ...

Archaic forms of kanji that are difficult to decipher in ... scholars and others can gain a better grasp of what people were writing about in bygone times. Six research institutes were involved ...

bears faint kanji characters scribbled in India ink. But skeptics said the presence of writing in India ink could not be confirmed through infrared imaging, and called for further research.