当て字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当	字
あ Grade: 2	じ Grade: 1
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
當て字 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 当字, 宛字, 充て字

Noun

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
• 熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん) (jukujikun)
• 義(ぎ)訓(くん) (gikun)