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当て字

Japanese edit

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
 
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Noun edit

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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