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Ateji

In modern Japanese, ateji (当て字, 宛字 or あてじ; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced ; "assigned characters") principally refers to kanji used to phonetically represent native or borrowed…

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History

KanaSanskritPortuguese termsDutch termsMeiji period
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Related concepts

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Usage

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Phono-semantic matching

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Ateji

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples59
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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Ateji

Top relations

related to Usage · 16
Ateji → America, Amerika, Asia, Beikoku, Chinese, East Asia, For, From, In, Japan, Japanese, Major, Many, The, The Japanese, United States
related to history · 13
Ateji → Buddhism, Chinese, Dutch, Japan, Japanese, Many, Meiji, On, Portuguese, Sanskrit, The, This, Two
related to Sanskrit · 11
Ateji → China, Chinese, Chinese Literary Language, For, Heart Sutra, In Buddhist Japanese, Literary Chinese, Sanskrit, The, These Buddhist, Wenyan
related to Related concepts · 8
Ateji → Chinese, English, Japanese, Japanese-origin, Kun-yomi, Latin-Germanic, When, Whereas
related to Single-character loan words · 7
Ateji → Botan, Chinese-derived, In, Most, Portuguese, The, This
related to Phono-semantic matching · 4
Ateji → Another, Portuguese, The, When

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Important terminology

characters japanese used kanji word written katakana character chinese example meaning readings words also use reading though many may native

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Atejirelated to historyThe0.60section
Atejirelated to historyChinese0.60section
Atejirelated to historyJapan0.60section
Atejirelated to historyTwo0.60section
Atejirelated to historyOn0.60section
Atejirelated to historyJapanese0.60section
Atejirelated to historyMany0.60section
Atejirelated to historyThis0.60section
Atejirelated to historySanskrit0.60section
Atejirelated to historyBuddhism0.60section
Atejirelated to historyPortuguese0.60section
Atejirelated to historyDutch0.60section

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