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thomas
Dec 14, 2002, 06:10
Character for "return" chosen as kanji of year

The Chinese character, or kanji, for "return" was chosen Thursday in an annual popular poll as the kanji symbolic of the past year, according to a Kyoto-based association for the promotion of kanji.

[...] The character is read "ki," "kae(ru)" or "kae(su)" and means to go home, return to a place or settle at a place.

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