表外字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
表 外 字
ひょう
Grade: 3
がい
Grade: 2
じ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 表(ひょう) (hyō, “chart”) + 外(がい) (gai, “outside”) + 字(じ) (ji, “letter; written character”), literally "a character outside the chart".

Pronunciation

Noun

表(ひょう)外(がい)字(じ) • (hyōgaiji) 

  1. Kanji characters outside of the jōyō kanji and jinmeiyō kanji lists. For example, 攪 and its shinjitai form, 撹.

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