Which one is correct between 侘び寂び and 侘寂


I know that generally you use the hiragana "わびさび", and in the entry for "侘寂"
in the chinese wikipedia "侘び寂び" is listed as the original japanese, but I
still have my doubts.




The appropriate spelling is 侘び寂び, even though 侘寂 is also understood by
Japanese people, according to the discussion provided in [this subreddit
thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/japanese/comments/il20ls/question_on_using_kanji_or_kana_for_wabisabi/),
(emphasis mine):

> 訓読み requires okurigana, so a word written only in kanji will be read in 音読み.
> However, there are some exceptions, including 侘 and 寂 in this case. For 侘
> and 寂, there is 訓読み that does not require okurigaqna.This means that we can'
> t decide whether to read 侘 and 寂 with 訓読み or 音読み just by looking at them.
> So, in order to make the reading of kanji clearer, we often add okurigana,
> which should be unnecessary, such as び in this case. We've seen 侘び寂び with
> okurigana, not 侘寂, for a long time, so **we recognize that 侘び寂び is the
> correct notation**. As for kanji for wabi-sabi, we can say that 侘寂 is
> essentially the correct way to write it, but for modern people, it's a bit
> strange.

> In the case of 侘寂, the meaning makes sense because we can easily imagine
> 侘び寂び, but we've never seen this kind of spelling, so we're uncomfortable
> with it.

For what is worth, 侘び寂び also appears as the main spelling for [the
corresponding entry](https://jisho.org/search/wabisabi) in Jisho.org.

Finally, please check [Why can some words be written with or without
okurigana? How do the uses
differ?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/6242/why-can-some-words-
be-written-with-or-without-okurigana-how-do-the-uses-differ) to learn more
about why sometimes an author may choose to change the regular okurigana of a
word.

