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幽霊文字
【 ゆうれいもじ 】
  1. [n]
    《e.g. 妛, 彁, 墸》
    • ghost character
    • [expl] kanji of unknown origin included in the JIS X 0208 character set
History:
    • A 2024-06-24 16:15:33 Jim Breen (id#2305674)
    • Comments
      I've made a note to relabel them in kanjidic.
    • A* 2024-06-15 13:35:44 Jim Breen (id#2304531)
    • Comments
      In kanjidic these are tagged as "(phantom kanji)". Maybe "(ghost kanji)" would be better.
    • A* 2024-06-14 22:47:55 Robin Scott (id#2304498)
    • Comments
      Seems they're always referred to as "ghost characters" in English. I don't think "phantom character" is needed.
    • Refs
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_characters
    • Diff
      @@ -12,3 +12,3 @@
-<s_inf>妛, 彁, etc.</s_inf>
-<gloss>ghost character (apocryphal JIS kanji)</gloss>
-<gloss>phantom character</gloss>
+<s_inf>e.g. 妛, 彁, 墸</s_inf>
+<gloss>ghost character</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">kanji of unknown origin included in the JIS X 0208 character set</gloss>
    • A 2020-05-30 07:12:01 Jim Breen
    • Diff
      @@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<s_inf>妛, 彁, etc.</s_inf>
    • A* 2020-05-30 01:31:32
    • Diff
      @@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<gloss>phantom character</gloss>
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