ateji

noun

ateji

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Japanese 当(あ)て字(じ) (ateji) or 宛字(あてじ) (ateji).

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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.

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