親字

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おや
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
kun'yomi goon

Etymology

Compound of (おや) (oya, parent) + () (ji, letter, character).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

(おや)() (oyajiおやじ (oyazi)?

  1. the headword character of an entry in a Han character dictionary
    Synonym: 親文字 (oya moji)

References

  1. ^ 親字”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 親字”, in デジタル大辞泉 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN