通假字 in English tong1 jia3 zi4 Meaning

Meanings

• phonetic loan character
• using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters

Pinyin

tong1 jia3 zi4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

通tong1to go through 假jia3see 假掰[gei1 bai1] 字zi4letter