明朝体

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
みん
Grade: 2
ちょう
Grade: 2
たい
Grade: 2
tōon on'yomi goon
Alternative spelling
明朝體 (kyūjitai)
 明朝体 on Japanese Wikipedia
 Ming (typefaces) on Wikipedia

Etymology

明朝 (Minchō, Ming dynasty) +‎ (-tai, calligraphic style)

Pronunciation

Noun

(みん)(ちょう)(たい) (Minchōtaiみんてうたい (minteutai)?

  1. the Ming typographic style of East Asian scripts (Han, hangul, kana), equivalent to the Western serif style
    (げん)(みん)(ちょう)
    Gen no Minchō
    Source Han Serif

See also

References

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