同どう音おん異い字じ

noun

homophony with different characters; heterography

Linguistic term for words that share the same pronunciation but are written with different kanji, e.g., 早い and 速い.

• 「早はやい」と「速はやい」は同どう音おん異い字じの例れいだ。

  "早い" and "速い" are examples of homophony with different characters.

• 同どう音おん異い字じの語ごは、文ぶん脈みゃくによって書かき分わける必ひつ要ようがある。

  Words that are homophonous but written with different characters must be distinguished according to context.