아테지

Korean

Etymology

From Japanese 当て字 (ateji).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠tʰe̞d͡ʑi]
• Phonetic hangul: [아테지]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ateji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ateji
McCune–Reischauer?	at'eji
Yale Romanization?	a.theyci

Noun

아테지 • (ateji)

1. (linguistics) The use of kanji chosen primarily for their phonetic or semantic value to represent foreign or native Japanese words, or the kanji so used.