Reader - Rito

Japanese: 吏読 - りとう
Reader - Rito
In Korea, this refers to a special use of Chinese characters, mainly used to write particles, auxiliary verbs, and other parts that correspond to okurigana. It is also written as "Rito" or "Rido". It is similar to the Japanese calligraphy of missions, and was created as a result of an attempt to write everything in Chinese characters in ancient Korea, which did not yet have its own writing system. It began in the epigraphy of the Three Kingdoms period and was used until the end of the 19th century. Some use sounds and some use kun readings, and some readings have yet to be clarified. The "ri" in "Ridoku" comes from its use in official documents. The "to" in "Rito" means okurigana. An abbreviated form of a Chinese character similar to katakana was often used for "to". It is thought that this use of Chinese characters also influenced the writing of ancient Japanese.

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Japanese:
朝鮮において,おもに助詞・助動詞など,送り仮名に相当する部分の表記に用いられる漢字の特殊な使用法をさす。「吏吐」「吏道」とも書く。日本における宣命書きと同趣のもので,まだみずからの文字をもたなかった古代朝鮮において,すべて漢字で表記しようとした結果生れたもの。三国時代の金石文に始り,19世紀の末まで用いられた。音を利用するものと訓を利用するものとがあり,いまだ読み方が解明されていないものもある。吏読などの「吏」は公文書などに用いられたところからきた名称。また吏吐の「吐」は送り仮名の意。吐には片仮名に類似する漢字の略体がしばしば用いられた。このような漢字の用法は上代日本語の表記にも影響を与えたと考えられる。

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