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I've noticed that in fiction a writer will sometimes use an unexpected kanji
for a word. For example, instead of 見せる I have seen 魅せる several times. If you
know any other examples of this kind of 'poetic license', can you comment and
write the standard kanji / alternative kanji pairs? Thanks!
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Looking for words with alternative kanji choices
It's not poetic license; there are simply many cases where various kanji
characters come to mean the same thing, as CrisCM pointed out.

The original, distinct uses for such characters may have differed at one point
and then somewhere along the way they've come to be synonymous.

> 聞く、聴く to hear or listen
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# English

> 見{み}せる ⇔ 魅｛み｝せる

The questioner says that he/she wants examples like one listed above, but
since he/she said that "聞く、聴く" and "見る、観る、視る、診る" in some answers and comments
are not what he/she wanted, it is very difficult, I think, to make a
satisfactory answer to what he/she is seeking.

However, I think that "護美箱｛ごみばこ｝ literally _a can for keeping clean_ "
corresponds to "ごみ箱｛ばこ｝ _a trash can_ or _a garbage can_ " is sure to match
what the questioner wants.

If so, the questioner should study
"[当｛あ｝て字{じ}](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BD%93%E3%81%A6%E5%AD%97)" or
"[Ateji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateji)". By the way, a picture of
"護美入{ごみい}れ" is posted in the article of "Ateji".

Speaking of Ateji, the most famous person in Japan is [Natsume
Sōseki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsume_S%C5%8Dseki), one of Japan's
leading authors. The way to write "うるさい _noisy_ " as "五月蠅｛うるさ｝い lit. _flies of
May_ " a representative Ateji invented by him.
[Here](http://tomokazu2006.jugem.jp/?eid=240) are a lot of examples of Ateji
that he created. Many of them are established as Japanese. "麦酒｛ビール｝ _beer_ "
is also one of them.  
Please carefully study Ateji.

# 日本語

> 見せる⇔魅せる

上に挙げたような例が欲しいと言うが、何人かの回答やコメントにある「聞く、聴く」や「見る、観る、視る、診る」は違うとのことですので、質問者の求めているものは大変難しいですね。  
しかし、「ごみ箱｛ばこ｝ _a trash can_ or _a garbage can_ 」に対して「護美箱｛ごみばこ｝ literally _a can
for keeping clean_ 」は希望にかなっているのでしょうね。

もしそうなら、質問者は「[当｛あ｝て字{じ}](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BD%93%E3%81%A6%E5%AD%97)」や「[Ateji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateji)」を勉強すると良いでしょう。「護美入{ごみい}れ」の写真は「Ateji」に掲載されています。

当て字と言えば日本で一番有名な人は、日本を代表する作家のひとりである夏目｛なつめ｝漱石｛そうせき｝です。「うるさい」を「五月蠅｛うるさ｝い lit.
_flies of May_
」と書くのは漱石が創作した代表的な当て字です。[ここ](http://tomokazu2006.jugem.jp/?eid=240)に漱石が創｛つく｝ったたくさんの例があります。その多くは、日本語として定着しています。麦酒｛ビール｝もそのようです。
ゆっくり勉強してください。
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