代用字

代用字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代	用	字
だい Grade: 3	よう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 1
goon	kan’on	goon

Examples
臆測(おくそく)→憶測(おくそく) (okusoku) 諒解(りょうかい)→了解(りょうかい) (ryōkai) Category:Japanese terms spelled with daiyōji

Etymology

Compound of 代用 (daiyō, “substitute use, substitution”) +‎ 字 (ji, “written character”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいよーじ [dàíyóójí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
• (Tokyo) だいよ​ーじ [dàíyóꜜòjì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
• IPA^(key): [da̠ijo̞ːʑi]

Noun

代(だい)用(よう)字(じ) • (daiyōji) 

1. a Chinese character substituted for the original character used in a written expression, usually replacing a complex character with a simpler one
2. in particular, a replacement of a Chinese character not included in the Jōyō kanji list with a Jōyō character that has the same reading

References

1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN