代用字

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
代 用 字
だい
Grade: 3 		よう
Grade: 2 		じ
Grade: 1
goon kan'on goon
Examples

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

代(だい)用(よう)字(じ) • (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

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: 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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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