くずし字

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
崩し字

Pronunciation

Noun

くずし() (kuzushijiくづしじ (kudusizi)?

  1. kuzushiji; “cursive characters”, a highly cursive form of Japanese writing now obsolete

Usage notes

  • 日本古典籍くずし字データセット”, in 人文学オープンデータ共同利用センター [Center for Open Data in the Humanities]‎, (Can we date this quote?)
    くずし字については、「崩し字」「崩し文字」という表記も一部に見受けられますが、学術的な表記は「くずし字」であるため、本サイトもこの表記に統一します。
    In regards to くずし字 (kuzushiji), although the forms 崩し字 (kuzushiji) and 崩し文字 (kuzushiji-moji) are also used by some, the form in scholarship is くずし字 (kuzushiji); this site follows suit in using only くずし字 (kuzushiji).

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN