ふせじ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
伏せ字 伏字

Etymology

From 伏(ふ)せ (fuse, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 伏(ふ)せる (fuseru).”) + 字(じ) (ji).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふせじ [fùséjí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝse̞ʑi]

Noun

ふせじ • (fuseji) ^{←ふせじ (fusezi)?}

1. censorship of text by obscuring parts of it, using symbols like (in Japanese practice) ○ (○) or (in Western practice) *