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Japanese
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| 右橫書き (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Compound of 右 (migi, “right”) + 横書き (yokogaki, “horizontal writing”), itself from 横 (yoko, “horizontal, side, sideways”) + 書き (kaki), the stem noun form of verb 書く (kaku, “to write”). The kaki changes to gaki due to rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
右横書き • (migi yokogaki)
- writing from right to left, such as for Arabic or Hebrew, or for older Japanese signs