蟹行文字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蟹	行	文	字
かい Jinmeiyō	こう Grade: 2	もん Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 蟹行 (“walking sideways”) +‎ 文字 (“character, writing”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいこーもんじ [kàíkóómóꜜǹjì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠iko̞ːmõ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

蟹(かい)行(こう)文(もん)字(じ) • (kaikōmonji)

(historical, typography) character set written horizontally, especially Roman alphabet

Synonyms

横文字(よこもじ) (yokomoji)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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