tōng​jiǎ

to borrow characters

  • created reference approved 通假 → 通借 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    通假 tōng​jiǎ

    通借 tōng​jiè

    same_as

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    created reference

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

    通假 tōng​jiǎ

    通假字 tōng​jiǎ​zì

    synonym

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 通假 · tōng​jiǎ · to borrow characters — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    通假

    tōng​jiǎ

    to borrow characters

    to use a homophonous or near-homophonous character in place of a standard character in ancient texts

    通 (literal) → 通 · tōng · to connect 假 (bound) → 假 · jiǎ · to borrow

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    created sense

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

    通假

    tōng​jiǎ

    phonetic loan

    the practice or linguistic phenomenon of using interchangeable homophones in ancient Chinese texts

    通 (literal) → 通 · tōng · to connect 假 (bound) → 假 · jiǎ · to borrow

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

    created sense