戯書

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
戯 書
ぎ
Grade: S 		しょ
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
戲書 (kyūjitai)

Noun[edit]

戯(ぎ)書(しょ) • (gisho) 

  1. "playful writing", a type of orthography expressing an author's cleverness or playful wit. One famous example is to write the expression 出でば (ideba) as 山上復有山者 (Man'yōshū volume 9, poem #1787)
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