語弊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
語	弊
ご Grade: 2	へい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごへー [gòhéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞he̞ː]

Noun

語(ご)弊(へい) • (gohei) ^{←ごへい (gofei)^?}

(of language) causing a misunderstanding
語弊(ごへい)を生(う)む
gohei o umu
to say something that can be misunderstood

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“語弊”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
語	弊

Noun

語弊 • (eopye) (hangeul 어폐)

hanja form^? of 어폐 (“(of language) misleading; causing a misunderstanding”)