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jmdict 2249190 Active (id: 2155308)
同音異字
どうおんいじ
1. [n]
▶ homophony (having the same pronunciation as another word but a different written form)
▶ heterography



History:
9. A 2021-11-02 11:57:16  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK
8. A* 2021-11-02 01:32:30  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/同音異字#表音文字の同音異字(heterograph)
  Comments:
Neither was homophone/homophony, I imagine. We already lead with "homophone" on 同音異義語. What distinguishes these terms is that 同音異字 words *must* have different written forms. There is no such requirement for 同音意義語/homophones.
同音異字 words are heterographs, 100%, so I see no reason not to include the term.
The 同音異字 Wikipedia article even has a "heterograph" section.
7. A* 2021-11-01 15:48:18  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
But is it really "correct" if it isn't actually used by anybody to describe these words in Japanese? The word wasn't invented to 
cover Chinese/Japanese characters as I understand it.
6. A* 2021-11-01 15:11:11  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
It's obscure, yes, but I think we should include it. It's the most "correct" translation.
I wouldn't mind this.
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>heterography (having the same pronunciation as another word but a different written form)</gloss>
-<gloss>homophony</gloss>
+<gloss>homophony (having the same pronunciation as another word but a different written form)</gloss>
+<gloss>heterography</gloss>
5. A* 2021-11-01 03:13:24  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
heterograph/heterography really are quite obscure. should we really include it? can't we just add a qualifier to "homophony" to 
mention it can be used for characters with the same meaning?
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jmdict 2249190 Rejected (id: 2155063)
同音異字
どうおんいじ
1. [n]
▶ heterograph
▶ word with the same pronunciation as another but a different written form

History:
5. R 2021-11-01 03:11:07  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
fork
4. A* 2021-11-01 03:07:51  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
"heterographs in Japanese" 2 googits
"homophones in Japanese" 6,580 googits

"japanese homophones" 6,500 googits
"japanese heterographs" 2 googits

"japanese" "heterograph" site:ac.jp 3 googits
"japanese" "homophone" site:ac.jp 476 googits

"heterograph" site:ac.uk 12 googits
"homophone" site:ac.uk 6,030 googits
  Comments:
I'm really not a fan of the word "heterograph", I've never heard it used to describe any type of homophones in Japanese or any other language.
  Diff:
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>Dr同音異字</keb>
+<keb>同音異字</keb>
3. A* 2021-10-31 10:59:12  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: 同音異字 a homophone; a word with the same pronunciation (and similar meaning) as 
another but a different written form; words close in meaning pronounced the same but 
written differently.
  Comments:
So GG5's explanation is right but they got the wrong word?
  Diff:
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>同音異字</keb>
+<keb>Dr同音異字</keb>
2. A* 2021-10-30 13:56:29  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/同音異字
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophone
"Homophones that are spelled differently are also called heterographs, e.g. to, too, and two."
  Comments:
Wikipedia gives plenty of examples that don't have similar meanings (including ones with opposite meanings).
Homophones can have the same written form.
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>homophone</gloss>
-<gloss>word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form</gloss>
+<gloss>heterograph</gloss>
+<gloss>word with the same pronunciation as another but a different written form</gloss>
1. A 2007-12-20 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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