当て字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当	字
あ Grade: 2	じ Grade: 1
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Alternative spellings
當て字 (kyūjitai) 宛て字充て字当字宛字

Pronunciation

Yutōyomi

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

Noun

当(あ)て字(じ) • (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(な) (na) in 水(み)無(な)月(づき) (minazuki).

Synonyms

仮(か)借(しゃく)字(じ) (kashakuji)
借(しゃく)字(じ) (shakuji)
借(かり)字(じ) (kariji)

See also

Category:Japanese terms spelled with ateji
熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん) (jukujikun)
義(ぎ)訓(くん) (gikun)

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