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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ateji

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ate-ji
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

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Questions

What does ateji mean?
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.
Where does ateji come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce ateji

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