戯書
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 戯 | 書 |
| ぎ Grade: S | しょ Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | |
Noun
戯書 (hiragana ぎしょ, rōmaji gisho)
- "playful writing", a type of orthography expressing an author's cleverness or playful wit. One famous example is to write the expression 出でば (ideba) as 山上復有山者 (Man'yōshū volume 9, poem #1787)