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僻字 (へきじ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

僻へき字じ

Meanings

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noun

rare character; rare kanji

rare term

Technical term for a kanji that is seldom used or encountered. Often appears in discussions of character sets, typography, or obscure readings.

この辞じ典てんには多おおくの僻へき字じが収しゅう録ろくされている。
This dictionary contains many rare characters.

Kanji

僻prejudice, bias, rural area
字character, letter, word

Similar words

難なん読どく漢かん字じ
難読漢字 refers to kanji that are difficult to read, while 僻字 specifically means rarely used characters, regardless of reading difficulty.

Etymology

Compound of 僻 (へき, 'remote, out-of-the-way') and 字 (じ, 'character'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is a straightforward Sino-Japanese compound.