tōng​jiǎ​zì

phonetic loan character

  • created reference approved 通假字 → 本字 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    通假字 tōng​jiǎ​zì

    本字 běn​zì

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 通假字 · tōng​jiǎ​zì · phonetic loan character — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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.

    通假 (literal) → 通假 · tōng​jiǎ · phonetic loan 字 (literal) → 字 · zì · character

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense