💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ateji"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| jukujikunnoun | (linguistics) A Japanese word whose kanji spelling conveys the meaning based on the individual characters, but whose reading is not directly related to the spelling. |
| katakananoun | (uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language. |
| shinjitainoun | The simplified form of Japanese kanji used after 1947. |
| kanjinoun | (uncountable) The system of writing Japanese using Chinese characters. |
| kyūjitainoun | The traditional form of Japanese kanji used before 1947. |
| kokujinoun | Any of the kanji characters invented in Japan. |
| jōyō kanjinoun | Any of the kanji in a list of common kanji prepared by the Japanese government. |
| yojijukugonoun | A Japanese lexeme composed of four kanji characters. |
| hiragananoun | (uncountable) The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings. |
| kananoun | The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji. |
| sutegananoun | Japanese small okurigana used with kanbun or small kana used for diphthongs. |
| jintnoun | Nonstandard form of joint, reflecting a pronunciation in which /ɔɪ/ has merged with /aɪ/, resulting in the latter. [The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.] |
| tentennoun | (colloquial) A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced. |
| japanese sign languagenoun | Sign language used in Japan. ISO 639-3 code: jsl. |
| i-stemnoun | (linguistics) A word, especially a noun in Indo-European linguistics, whose stem ends in /i/. |
| semantogramnoun | A symbol used solely for meaning, as when logographic Chinese symbols are used to represent the meaning of native Japanese words. |
| indexical | (linguistics, philosophy) Having or imparting a meaning, or signifying a referent, that changes according to context. |
| kun-yominoun | A reading of a kanji that is not derived from the kanji's original pronunciation borrowed from Chinese |
| katakanizationnoun | The writing of a non-Japanese word in katakana |
| tittlenoun | (typography) Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or of a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j. |
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