当て字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当 字
あ
Grade: 2 		じ
Grade: 1
yutōyomi
Alternative spellings
當て字 (kyūjitai)
宛て字
充て字
当字
宛字

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あてじ [àtéjí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [a̠te̞ʑi]

Noun

当(あ)て字(じ) • (ateji) 

  1. 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.
  2. A kanji character whose presence in a kanji compound is for euphony instead of meaning, e.g., 無(な) (na) in 水(み)無(な)月(づき) (minazuki).

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