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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 親 (oya, “parent”) + 文字 (moji, “character, letter”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
親文字 • (oya moji)
- synonym of 親字 (oyaji, “Han character dictionary headword”)
- synonym of 大文字 (ōmoji, “a capital letter”)
- synonym of 頭文字 (kashiramoji, “initial letter”)
- (printing) synonym of 母型 (bokei, “matrix for casting an individual character sort”)
- (typography) parent or base character (main text character, as opposed to ruby character)
- Coordinate term: ルビ (rubi, “ruby character”)
References
- ^ “親文字”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ “親文字”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN