宛字

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
宛 字
あ(て)
Grade: S 		じ
Grade: 1
yutōyomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 宛字 – see the following entry.
【当あて字じ】
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.
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).
Alternative spellings
宛て字, 充て字, 当字
(This term, 宛字, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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