ateji

Etymology
Borrowed from  or.

Noun

 * 1)  The use of kanji chosen primarily for their phonetic (narrow sense) or semantic (broad sense) value to represent foreign or native Japanese words, or the kanji so used.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 아테지, 취음
 * Russian: атэ́дзи