kanji homograph
vocabulary8 sentences
A kanji or kanji compound that can be read two or more ways with different meanings — 十分 (じゅっぷん '10 minutes' vs じゅうぶん 'sufficient'), 今日 (きょう 'today' vs こんにち 'nowadays'), 分別 (ふんべつ 'discretion' vs ぶんべつ 'classification, sorting'). Context disambiguates; a recurring stumble for learners.