ateji
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 当て字 (ateji) or 宛字 (ateji).
Noun
[edit]ateji (countable and uncountable, plural ateji)
- (linguistics) 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.
Translations
[edit]kanji used phonetically
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ateji