Among these characters, is it possible our seventh letter is read out? (5)

I believe the answer is:

kanji

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'out?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for kanji that I've seen before include "Oriental character" , "Chinese character in Japanese" , "Japanese writing system" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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