Its one or more characters (often very complicated) that spell out a word.
There are thousands of them and all advanced Japanese writing is primarily made of Kanji. You also learn the correct order of strokes for each character (some have over 15 strokes!!)
My host student has'nt even learned all of them (year 10) and he is very smart!
Trust Data to pull through for you!
Good on ya Data!!
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