当て字
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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当 | 字 |
あ Grade: 2 | じ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi | on’yomi |
Alternative forms
- 当字, 宛字, 充て字
Pronunciation
- Yutōyomi
- (Tokyo) あてじ [àtéjí] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [a̠te̞ʑi]
Noun
当て字 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 當て字, hiragana あてじ, rōmaji ateji)
- The use of kanji chosen primarily for their phonetic (narrow sense) or semantic (broad sense) value to represent foreign or native Japanese words, or the kanji so used.
- A kanji character whose presence in a kanji compound is for euphony instead of meaning, e.g., 無 (na) in 水無月 (minazuki).
Synonyms
- 仮借字 (kashakuji)
- 借字 (shakuji)
- 借字 (kariji)
See also
- Category:Japanese terms spelled with ateji
- 熟字訓 (jukujikun)
- 義訓 (gikun)