再読文字

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
再	読	文	字
さい Grade: 5	どく Grade: 2	もん > も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi		irregular	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
再讀文字 (kyūjitai)

Examples

Literary Chinese:
- 亡
  perish
- 將亡
  will perish
Japanese:
- 亡(ほろ)ぶ
  horobu
  perish
- 将(まさ)に亡(ほろ)びんとす
  masa ni horobin to su
  will perish
Literary Chinese:
- 知生
  understand life
- 未知生
  not yet understand life
Japanese:
- 生(せい)を知(し)る
  sei o shiru
  understand life
- 未(いま)だ生(せい)を知(し)らず
  imada sei o shirazu
  not yet understand life

Etymology

From 再読(さいどく) (saidoku, “read again”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さいどくもじ (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

再(さい)読(どく)文(も)字(じ) • (saidoku moji)

twice-read character: kanji that must be read twice in the kanbun kundoku (漢文訓読) process

Synonyms

再読字(さいどくじ) (saidokuji)

See also

置(お)き字(じ) (okiji)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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