疑ぎ字じ

noun

character of questionable form

A technical term used in textual criticism, paleography, or character studies to refer to a written character whose shape, authenticity, or correctness is uncertain. Not a common everyday word.

• この写しゃ本ほんには疑ぎ字じが多おおく、解かい読どくが難むずかしい。

  This manuscript has many characters of questionable form, making it difficult to decipher.