吏読

吏読

See also: 吏讀

Japanese

Kanji in this term
吏	読
り Grade: S	とう Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
吏讀 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 吏道
• 吏吐

Etymology

Unknown. The name is first found in 1444 in the work of Choe Manri, but the practice was in use for many centuries preceding that. Variously written 吏読, 吏道, 吏吐, etc. Only the first character "clerk" is common and suggests that it was a system used by government clerks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲito̞]

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲito̞ː]

Noun

吏読(りと) or 吏(り)読(とう) • (rito or ritō) 

1. Idu, an archaic method of writing Korean with Chinese characters; the syntax is Korean order and includes Chinese characters to represent Korean grammar

See also

• 口(こう)訣(けつ) (kōketsu)
• 郷(きょう)札(さつ) (kyōsatsu)
• 宣(せん)命(みょう)書(が)き (senmyōgaki)