衍字

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
衍 字
えん
Hyōgai 		じ
Grade: 1
on'yomi goon

Etymology

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 衍 (en, “extra, superfluous”) +‎ 字 (ji, “character, letter”).

First attested in a text from 1477.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

衍(えん)字(じ) • (enji) ←えんじ (enzi)?

  1. an extra or superfluous character or letter (added by mistake): a kind of typo

See also

References

  1. ^ “衍字”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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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