親字

親字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
親	字
おや Grade: 2	じ Grade: 1
kun’yomi	goon

Etymology

Compound of 親(おや) (oya, “parent”) + 字(じ) (ji, “letter, character”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おやじ [òyájí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ja̠ʑi]

Noun

親(おや)字(じ) • (oyaji) ^{←おやじ (oyazi)?}

1. the headword character of an entry in a Han character dictionary

   Synonym: 親文字 (oya moji)

References

1. “親字”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. “親字”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN