Two lexical decision experiments were conducted to investigate whether single Kanji and compound Kanji are processed differentially. In Experiment 1, abstract and concrete single Kanji were presented to the left (LVF) or the right visual field (RVF) tachistoscopically and in Experiment 2, abstract and concrete two letters compound Kanji words were presented. Subjects made lexical decisions to the unilaterally presented stimuli. No VF difference was shown in lexical decision times for both concrete and abstract single Kanji. Lexical decision times to the RVF stimuli were faster than those of LVF in the abstract compound Kanji whereas non-significant tendency towards LVF advantage was shown in the concrete Kanji compound word stimuli.