Japanese

Noun

熟字訓 ‎(hiragana じゅくじくん, romaji jukujikun)

1. A kanji compound whose characters are used for meaning without regard to sound, such as 今日 (きょう) ‎(kyō, “today”).

Synonyms

• 義 (ぎ)訓 (くん) ‎(gikun)

See also

• Category:Japanese terms spelled with jukujikun
• ja:Category:熟字訓 – category at Japanese wikipedia
• ja:Wiktionary:常用漢字の一覧#付表 – a list
• 当 (あ)て字 (じ) ‎(ateji)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3