Word Meaning 同音異義

どうおんいぎ douonigi

同音異義 is read as どうおんいぎ (douonigi) and means homophony (having the same pronunciation as another word but a different meaning).

Meaning

English

homophony (having the same pronunciation as another word but a different meaning)
homonymy

Reading

Kana

どうおんいぎ

Romaji

douonigi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 36807 Priority F

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

同形同音異義性

どうけいどうおんいぎせい

homonymy

同音異義語

どうおんいぎご

homophone

同形異義性

どうけいいぎせい

homography

同形異義語

どうけいいぎご

homograph

同形異音語

どうけいいおんご

heteronym

同音異字

どうおんいじ

homophony (having the same pronunciation as another word but a different written form)

同訓異義語

どうくんいぎご

homonym that has a native Japanese reading

異口同音

いくどうおん

(saying) with one voice

異名同音

いめいどうおん

enharmonic

同義

どうぎ

same meaning

同時主義

どうじしゅぎ

simultanism

同意義

どういぎ

the same meaning

Example Sentences

air と heir は同音異義語である。

"Air" and "heir" are homophones.