tōng​jiǎ​zì

phonetic loan character

Senses

通假字 tōng​jiǎ​zì phonetic loan character

A character used in ancient Chinese texts to represent another word with a similar or identical sound, rather than using the character normally associated with that word.

References

antonym 通假字/通假字 本字/本字
antonym 本字/本字 通假字/通假字
synonym 通假/通假 通假字/通假字