脱字

Japanese
Kanji in this term
脱 字
だつ
Grade: S		 じ
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
脫字 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 脱 (datsu, “remove, omit”) +‎ 字 (ji, “character, letter”).

First attested in a text from 1833.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

脱(だつ)字(じ) • (datsuji) ←だつじ (datuzi)?

  1. [from 1833] a missing character or letter (omitted by mistake): a kind of typo

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See also

References
  1. “脱字”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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