Are there kun'yomi ateji?


In [a Linguistics SE
question](https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/8432/pronunciation-
in-languages-from-east-asia-of-words-that-are-japanese-loanwords-i) on
loanwords from Japanese into Chinese, it was said that the Chinese import the
_kanji_ and use their own reading thereof. So words in _kun'yomi_ are
unrecognizable in speech. It got me thinking about _ateji_ : these must make
messy loanwords. But since the _on'yomi_ is close to the Chinese readings the
Chinese and Japanese versions may sound alike so long as the _on'yomi_ is
used.

So, at long last, my question: are there _kun'yomi_ _ateji_?




Yes they exist. I'm assuming you don't mean things like 零{ゼロ} and things like
生憎{あいにく} or 可惜{あたら}, in which the Kanji means something relevant to the word,
but the reading is unusual. Here are some examples I found on JMdict. I'm sure
there are more.

>   * 矢{や}っ張{ぱ}り
>   * 目出度い {めでたい}
>   * 藻掻く{もがく}
>

