再さい読どく文も字じ

noun

kanji read twice in kanbun; double-reading character

Technical term in kanbun (classical Chinese read in Japanese). Refers to a single kanji that is read twice with different pronunciations in the Japanese rendering of a Chinese sentence, such as 将 read as まさに...んとす.

• 漢かん文ぶんの授じゅ業ぎょうで、再さい読どく文も字じの「将しょう」は「まさに...んとす」と読よむと習ならった。

  In kanbun class, I learned that the double-reading character 将 is read as まさに...んとす.