当あて字じ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当とう	字じ
あ Grade: 2	じ Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Alternative spellings
當あて字じ (kyūjitai) 宛あて字じ 充あて字じ 当字あてじ 宛字あてじ

Pronunciation

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

Noun

当とう(あ)て字じ(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., 無む(な) (na) in 水みず(み)無む(な)月つき(づき) (minazuki).

Synonyms

• 仮かり(か)借か(しゃく)字じ(じ) (kashakuji)
• 借か(しゃく)字じ(じ) (shakuji)
• 借か(かり)字じ(じ) (kariji)

See also

• Category:Japanese terms spelled with ateji
• 仮かり(か)借か(しゃ) (kasha)
• 熟じゅく(じゅく)字じ(じ)訓くん(くん) (jukujikun)
• 義よし(ぎ)訓くん(くん) (gikun)
• (Korean) 음가자 (eumgaja)
• (Korean) 훈독자 (hundokja)