noun
dialectal kanji; kanji used only in a specific region
A rare linguistic term referring to kanji created or used exclusively within a particular dialect area, not part of standard Japanese.
方言漢字は、地域の言葉を表すために作られた漢字です。
Dialectal kanji are kanji created to represent regional words.
Compound of 方言 (hōgen, 'dialect') and 漢字 (kanji, 'Chinese character'). The term itself is a modern linguistic coinage.