Doubled and tripled kanji


I like looking for kanji with a high 画数, and I have found that they largely
coincide with kanji that consist of 2 or 3 copies of another kanji (often

Examples:

  * 龍 -> 龖(x2), 龘(x3)
  * 馬 -> 驫(x3)
  * 車 -> 轟(x3)
  * 鹿 -> 麤(x3)
  * 田 -> 畾(x3)

Some of these are a bit obscure/uncommon in terms of their actual usage in
Japanese, but I was wondering whether there was any kind of term used to
describe such characters.




Yes, the term for this type of kanji is 理義字.

> ### [理義字](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%90%86%E7%BE%A9%E5%AD%97)
>
> 理義字（りぎじ）は、同じ漢字を2つ、ないし、3つ組み合わせて構成される漢字のこと。また、広く、形態が奇妙な漢字や、面白い形をした漢字のことを指す。

Although it's on Wikipedia, 理義字 is a very rare word, and the authenticity of
this word is questioned (see
[this](http://blog.livedoor.jp/itomata/archives/3733756.html) and
[this](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88:%E7%90%86%E7%BE%A9%E5%AD%97)).
And the article says that 理義字 in its narrowest sense only include kanji with
two or three copies of the same kanji, not four or more.

[This page](http://ksbookshelf.com/DW/Kanjirin/appendix/Kurikaeshiji.html)
uses 繰返字, although it's unsourced. The same page says:

>
> このような漢字を、中国では「二畳字」「三畳字」或いは「二字畳」「三字畳」等と呼ぶようですが、必ずしも一般的ではないようで、日本と同様に総じての呼称はないようです。




Yes, the term for this type of kanji is 理義字.

> ### [理義字](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%90%86%E7%BE%A9%E5%AD%97)
>
> 理義字（りぎじ）は、同じ漢字を2つ、ないし、3つ組み合わせて構成される漢字のこと。また、広く、形態が奇妙な漢字や、面白い形をした漢字のことを指す。

Although it's on Wikipedia, 理義字 is a very rare word, and the authenticity of
this word is questioned (see
[this](http://blog.livedoor.jp/itomata/archives/3733756.html) and
[this](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88:%E7%90%86%E7%BE%A9%E5%AD%97)).
And the article says that 理義字 in its narrowest sense only include kanji with
two or three copies of the same kanji, not four or more.

[This page](http://ksbookshelf.com/DW/Kanjirin/appendix/Kurikaeshiji.html)
uses 繰返字, although it's unsourced. The same page says:

>
> このような漢字を、中国では「二畳字」「三畳字」或いは「二字畳」「三字畳」等と呼ぶようですが、必ずしも一般的ではないようで、日本と同様に総じての呼称はないようです。

