代用字

Japanese
Kanji in this term
代 用 字
だい
Grade: 3		 よう
Grade: 2		 じ
Grade: 1
goon kan’on goon
Examples

Etymology

Compound of 代用 (daiyō, “substitute use, substitution”) +‎ 字 (ji, “written character”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) だいよーじ [dàíyóójí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • (Tokyo) だいよ​ーじ [dàíyóꜜòjì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [da̠ijo̞ːʑi]

Noun

代(だい)用(よう)字(じ) • (daiyōji) 

  1. a Chinese character substituted for the original character used in a written expression, usually replacing a complex character with a simpler one
  2. in particular, a replacement of a Chinese character not included in the Jōyō kanji list with a Jōyō character that has the same reading

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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