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Japanese
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| 英數 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Probably a shortening of the longer term 英数字 (eisūji, “alphanumeric character”), itself a combination of 英字 (eiji, “alphabetic character, Latin letter”, literally “English character”) and 数字 (sūji, “number, numeric character”).
Alternatively, may be a compound of 英 (ei, “English”, here, in reference to the Latin alphabet used to write English) + 数 (sū, “number; numeric”).
Pronunciation
Noun
英数 • (eisū)
- (computing, input devices) alphanumerics, alphanumeric characters (as opposed to kana or kanji)
- 英数は入力できません。
- Eisū wa nyūryoku dekimasen.
- I cannot enter anything in alphanumerics.
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