衍字
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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衍 | 字 |
えん Hyōgai |
じ Grade: 1 |
on'yomi | goon |
Etymology
[edit]Appears to be a coinage in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 衍 (en, “extra, superfluous”) + 字 (ji, “character, letter”).
First attested in a text from 1477.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- [from 1477] an extra or superfluous character or letter (added by mistake): a kind of typo
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “衍字”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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- Japanese terms spelled with 衍 read as えん
- Japanese terms spelled with 字 read as じ
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese
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- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
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- Japanese terms with 2 kanji