宛字

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
あ(て)
Grade: S

Grade: 1
yutōyomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 宛字 – see the following entry.
[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., () (na) in ()()(づき) (minazuki).
Alternative spellings
宛て字, 充て字, 当字
(This term, 宛字, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)