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Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

当あて字じ

ateji

kanji chosen for their sound

Example sentences

  1. なお「浪漫ろうまん」という当あて字じは夏目漱石なつめそうせきによって付つけられたとされる。

    It is said that the phonetic-equivalent character '浪漫' was first used by Soseki NATSUME.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 夏目漱石なつめそうせきの作品さくひんには、順序じゅんじょの入いれ替かえ、当あて字じ等言葉遊などことばあそびの多用たようが見みられる。

    Soseki did a lot of word games in his works, like changing word order, substituting other Chinese characters for the original ones, and the like.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 現在げんざいは矢鱈やたらと書かくがこれは明治時代めいじじだいに夏目漱石なつめそうせきによって作つくられた当あて字じで、本来ほんらいは雅楽ががくの拍子ひょうしを指さす。

    It is written as 矢鱈 in Chinese characters today, which is a phonetic equivalent Soseki NATSUME made, but this originally indicates a beat of Gagaku.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 当字

  • 当hit; appropriateOnトウKunあたる・あたり・あてる
  • 字character; letterOnジKunあざ・あざな

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