아테지

Korean

Etymology

From Japanese 当て字 (ateji).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ateji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ateji
McCune–Reischauer?at'eji
Yale Romanization?a.theyci

Noun

아테지 • (ateji)

  1. (linguistics) The use of kanji chosen primarily for their phonetic or semantic value to represent foreign or native Japanese words, or the kanji so used.