異い表ひょう記き

noun

alternative written form; variant spelling

A technical term used in lexicography and linguistics to refer to a different way of writing the same word, such as a kanji variant or alternative kana usage.

• 辞じ書しょでは「異い表ひょう記き」として別べつの漢かん字じ表ひょう記きが示しめされることがある。

  In dictionaries, alternative kanji spellings are sometimes shown as 'variant written forms'.