蟹行文字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蟹 行 文 字
かい
Jinmeiyō 		こう
Grade: 2 		もん
Grade: 1 		じ
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 蟹行 (“walking sideways”) +‎ 文字 (“character, writing”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かいこーもんじ [kàíkóómóꜜǹjì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠iko̞ːmõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

蟹(かい)行(こう)文(もん)字(じ) • (kaikōmonji) 

  1. (historical, typography) character set written horizontally, especially Roman alphabet

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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