当て字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当	字
あ Grade: 2	じ Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Alternative spellings
當て字 (kyūjitai) 宛て字 充て字 当字 宛字

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あてじ [àtéjí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠te̞ʑi]

Noun

当(あ)て字(じ) • (ateji) 

1. 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.
2. 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).

Synonyms

• 仮(か)借(しゃく)字(じ) (kashakuji)
• 借(しゃく)字(じ) (shakuji)
• 借(かり)字(じ) (kariji)

See also

• Category:Japanese terms spelled with ateji
• 仮(か)借(しゃ) (kasha)
• 熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん) (jukujikun)
• 義(ぎ)訓(くん) (gikun)
• (Korean) 음가자 (eumgaja)
• (Korean) 훈독자 (hundokja)