宛て字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宛	字
あ Grade: S	じ Grade: 1
yutōyomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 宛て字 – see the following entry.

【当あて字じ】

[noun] 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.

[noun] 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
充て字, 当字, 宛字

(This term, 宛て字, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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