親字

Japanese
Kanji in this term
親 字
おや
Grade: 2		 じ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi goon

Etymology

Compound of 親(おや) (oya, “parent”) + 字(じ) (ji, “letter, character”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おやじ [òyájí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ja̠ʑi]

Noun

親(おや)字(じ) • (oyaji) ←おやじ (oyazi)?

  1. the headword character of an entry in a Han character dictionary
    Synonym: 親文字 (oya moji)

References
  1. “親字”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “親字”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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