Nihoner
表層形
置き字
オキジ
名詞

置き字 (オキジ)

Okiji · おきじ — kanji left unpronounced when reading kanbun in Japanese; characters representing adverbs, conjunctions, etc. used in a letter

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置き字 in rōmaji: okiji.

名詞 普通名詞 一般 *
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Updated: 2026年8月11日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
置き字
読み (Reading)
オキジ
品詞 (POS)
名詞・普通名詞・一般・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
置き字
読み・基本形
オキジ
表記・基本形
置き字
見出し語の読み
オキジ
💡 English Meaning

置き字 means “kanji left unpronounced when reading kanbun in Japanese; characters representing adverbs, conjunctions, etc. used in a letter” — full definition & examples →

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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (置き字) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (置き字) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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The reading shows the pronunciation in hiragana or katakana as recorded by UniDic. For kanji entries this is the standard reading of this specific surface form — which may differ from other readings of the same kanji.
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