Manji

Manji or mangi may refer to:

• The Japanese name of the 卍 character (Chinese: wàn), see swastika/sauwastika
• Manji (era), a Japanese era name
• A type of sai, a traditional Okinawan weapon
• A kind of chiefship found among the Chaga tribe of Tanzania
• Manji is one of the Ragams of Carnatic music. Two popular compositions in this ragam are Brovavamma of Syama Sastri and Varugalamo of Gopalakrishna Bharati.
• Quicksand (novel), or Manji, by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
• Manji (film), a 1964 film adaptation of the novel

Persons:

• Irshad Manji, Canadian author

Places:

• Mangi village, in Maharashtra, India
• Southern China (archaic)

in popular culture

• In The Legend of Zelda for the NES, level 3 from quest 1 is designed and named after the manji symbol.
• Manji is the proper name of the protagonist from the popular manga series Blade of the Immortal.
• In the Tekken series of video games the Manji Party is led by the ninja Yoshimitsu.
• The Soul Calibur game series also features a Manji organization.
• One of the NPCs in the role-playing game MapleStory is named Manji.