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NODE / 0320attestedJapanese

文字

TRANSLITERATION moji

written character; letter

DATE
Modern Japanese
SENSE
written character morpheme
FAMILY
Japonic / Japanese
CANONICAL KEY
node:35:文字:attested:sense:written-character-morpheme

Graph-only compound component identified by Unicode and Merriam-Webster. The date is a language-period anchor, not a first-use claim.

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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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DESCENDANTcompound componentestablished
Japanese · Modern Japanese · pictograph compound

絵文字

picture character; pictograph

SOUND
Synchronic Japanese compound analysis; no historical sound change is asserted between the whole and this component.
MEANING
The written-character component contributes the character or letter half of “picture character.”
SCHOLAR
Unicode Consortium · Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE
established — Both sources explicitly identify 文字 moji as character or letter.
FAQ — Emoji and PictographssupportsWhat are emoji? — 文字 moji means character

Directly identifies the second compound component.

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OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 308 ↗
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TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

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This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.

UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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REVIEWED EDGES
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DEEPEST PATH
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MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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emoji2 connected nodes
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
STEP 02borrowingestablished
Japanese絵文字→Present-Day English · 1997–todayemojia small image, symbol, or icon used in electronic communication
SOUND
Japanese emoji was romanized and adapted to English phonology without treating its spelling as an English compound.
MEANING
Japanese “picture character” entered English as the name for the digital symbols.
Merriam-Webster Editors · Unicode Consortium2 CITATIONSEDGE 299 ↗
Emoji — Word History · Word History — Etymology; First Known Use ↗FAQ — Emoji and Pictographs · What are emoji? ↗

“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.

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RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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