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Originally Posted by godwine
They are not Kanji... and there is no such thing as "Chinese Kanji".. Kanji - 漢字 - the first character of "漢" already means Chinese. The section character "字" means "writing, character etc" already.. so effectively it means "Chinese Writing"
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Well you could use the phrase "Chinese kanji" to distinguish it from Japanese kanji. There is a difference, you know.
Personally, I tend to differentiate (when important) by saying "kanji" or "hanzi," but when I'm dealing with someone unfamiliar with Asian languages, I think I say "[COUNTRY] kanji" because "kanji" seems to have very nearly entered English as a word meaning "Chinese characters."