当て字
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 当 | 字 |
| あ Grade: 2 |
じ Grade: 1 |
| yutōyomi | |
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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 (minatsuki).
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