助じょ字じ

noun

auxiliary character (in kanbun)

Technical term in the study of kanbun (classical Chinese texts read in Japanese). Refers to grammatical particles or function characters that mark relationships between words, such as 而, 於, 于, 之, etc.

• 漢かん文ぶんでは、「而じ」や「於お」のような助じょ字じが文ぶんの構こう造ぞうを示しめす。

  In kanbun, auxiliary characters like 而 and 於 indicate the structure of the sentence.