Japanese

Noun

略字 ‎(hiragana りゃくじ, romaji ryakuji)

1. a colloquial, simplified form of a kanji

See also

• 俗字 (ぞくじ) ‎(zokuji)
• 誤字 (ごじ) ‎(goji)
• 代用字 (だいようじ) ‎(daiyōji)

References

1. ↑ 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

Korean

Noun

略字 • ‎(yakja) ‎(hangeul 약자)

1. Hanja form^? of 약자, “a colloquial simplified form of a character”.