へた文字
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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文 | 字 |
もん > も Grade: 1 | じ Grade: 1 |
Etymology
Compound of 下手 (heta, “incompetent, unskilled, clumsy”) + 文字 (“writing, script, characters, letters”).
Pronunciation
- (Irregular reading)
- IPA(key): [he̞ta̠mo̞ʑi]
Alternative forms
- 下手文字 (heta-moji)
Noun
へた文字 (hiragana へたもじ, rōmaji heta-moji)
- a form of cryptic Japanese writing that substitutes similar-looking characters for the characters intended
- 2003 December 20, “Nippon ryūkōki: gyaru-moji”, in Yomiuri Shimbun, page 9:
- 「(ナ”W(キ?」「八”T八”T」。それぞれ「元気?」「バイバイ」と書いてあるそうだ。「ギャル文字」とか「へた文字」と呼ばれるもの
- (ナ”W(キ? 八”T八”T. Respectively, “Are you well?” and “Bye-bye” are written like that. It's something called “gyaru-moji” or “heta-moji”
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Synonyms
- ギャル文字 (gyaru-moji)