組文字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
組 文 字
く(み)
Grade: 2 		もん > も
Grade: 1 		じ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi irregular goon
Alternative spelling
組み文字
Examples

The characters following the arrows are examples of kumimoji:
アパート → ㌀
1ドル → 1㌦
30キロ → 30㌔
株式会社 → ㍿

Etymology

組 (kumi, “group; set”) +‎ 文字 (moji, “character”)

Noun

組(くみ)文(も)字(じ) • (kumimoji) 

  1. (typography, printing) a block of multiple characters arranged in a space equivalent to that of a single character (an imaginary square), usually containing katakana, used to save space

See also

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