- ARAB NEWS
- 01 May 2025
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KYOTO: ‘Sen,’ meaning battle, was chosen as the kanji character of the year in Japan on Monday, after Russia launched an invasion on Ukraine earlier this year.
The character was written in calligraphy at Kiyomizu-dera, a famous Buddhist temple in the western Japan city of Kyoto, by chief monk Seihan Mori the same day.
Sen is the 28th kanji selected in an annual poll by the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation.
The kanji of 2022 was decided on the basis of votes cast by people across the country in a poll conducted from November.
The calligraphy of this year’s kanji will be displayed to the public at the temple until Dec. 21 and then at the Japan Kanji Museum & Library, also in the city of Kyoto, from Dec. 22.
JIJI Press
