rubi
/ɹˈubi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of ruby (“pronunciation guide for Chinese or Japanese characters”).
Example Sentences
- ""Shinjuku Sketch" demonstrates another of Ryutanji's trademark techniques, which was established in The Age of Wandering: writing English loan words as kanji Chinese character compounds cribbed with rubi to convey a visual sense of international modernism and global culture."
- "Bespoke combinations of kanji can also be created, because the intended phonetic and semantic readings can be supplied by the rubi glosses."