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通假
tōng​jiǎ

to borrow characters

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
通假 tōng​jiǎ
to borrow characters
to use a homophonous or near-homophonous character in place of a standard character in ancient texts
phonetic loan
the practice or linguistic phenomenon of using interchangeable homophones in ancient Chinese texts

Cross-References

Same as

  • 通借 tōng​jiè

Synonym

  • 通假字 tōng​jiǎ​zì

Referenced by

  • 借字 jiè​zì
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