"衍字" meaning in Japanese

See 衍字 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi] Forms: 衍字 [canonical] (ruby: (えん), ()), enji [romanization], enzi [romanization], えんじ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Appears to be a coinage in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived components, as a compound of 衍 (en, “extra, superfluous”) + 字 (ji, “character, letter”). First attested in a text from 1477. Etymology templates: {{cog|ja|-}} Japanese, {{der|ja|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{compound|ja|衍|字|t1=extra, superfluous|t2=character, letter|tr1=en|tr2=ji}} 衍 (en, “extra, superfluous”) + 字 (ji, “character, letter”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|えんじ|hhira=えんじ}} 衍(えん)字(じ) • (enji) ^(←えんじ (enzi)?)
  1. an extra or superfluous character or letter (added by mistake): a kind of typo Wikipedia link: Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Related terms: 脱字 (datsuji) (english: a missing character or letter (omitted by mistake): a kind of typo)
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