Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 3
よう
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
goon kan’on goon
Examples

Etymology edit

Compound of 代用 (daiyō, substitute use, substitution) +‎ (ji, written character).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(だい)(よう)() (daiyōji

  1. a Chinese character substituted for the original character used in a written expression, usually replacing a complex character with a simpler one
  2. in particular, a replacement of a Chinese character not included in the Jōyō kanji list with a Jōyō character that has the same reading

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN