再読文字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
再	読	文	字
さい Grade: 5	どく Grade: 2	もん > も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi		irregular	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
再讀文字 (kyūjitai)

Examples
Literary Chinese: 亡 perish 將亡 will perish Japanese: 亡(ほろ)ぶ horobu perish 将(まさ)に亡(ほろ)びんとす masa ni horobin to su will perish Literary Chinese: 知生 understand life 未知生 not yet understand life Japanese: 生(せい)を知(し)る sei o shiru understand life 未(いま)だ生(せい)を知(し)らず imada sei o shirazu not yet understand life

Etymology

From 再読(さいどく) (saidoku, “read again”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さいどくも​じ [sàídókú móꜜjì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ido̞kɯ̟ᵝ mo̞ʑi]

Noun

再(さい)読(どく)文(も)字(じ) • (saidoku moji) 

1. twice-read character: kanji that must be read twice in the kanbun kundoku (漢文訓読) process

Synonyms

• 再読字(さいどくじ) (saidokuji)

See also

• 置(お)き字(じ) (okiji)