吏読
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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吏 | 読 |
り Grade: S |
とう Grade: 2 |
Etymology
Unknown. The name is first found in 1444 in the work of Choe Manri, but the practice was in use for many centuries preceding that. Variously written 吏読, 吏道, 吏吐, etc. Only the first character "clerk" is common and suggests that it was a system used by government clerks.
Noun
吏読 (hiragana りと, rōmaji rito, alternative reading りとう, rōmaji ritō)
- Idu, an archaic method of writing Korean with Chinese characters; the syntax is Korean order and includes Chinese characters to represent Korean grammar
See also
- 口訣 (kōketsu)
- 郷札 (kyōsatsu)
- 宣命書き (senmyōgaki)
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