縦中横
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 縦 | 中 | 横 |
| たて Grade: 6 |
ちゅう Grade: 1 |
よこ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | on'yomi | kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 縱中橫 (kyūjitai) |
| Examples |
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"20", "580", "3.5" and "㎞" in this sentence are written in tatechūyoko: 昭和20年8月6日に広島に原爆が投下され、 上空580メートルで爆発し、3.5㎞離れた場所に いる人でも火傷を負った。 |
Etymology
[edit]縦 (tate, “vertical”) + 中 (chū, “in between”) + 横 (yoko, “horizontal”)
Noun
[edit]縦中横 • (tatechūyoko)
- (typography) a block of horizontal type laid out within vertical type lines, usually containing halfwidth characters, especially numbers[1]
See also
[edit]- 組文字 (kumimoji)
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 縦 read as たて
- Japanese terms spelled with 中 read as ちゅう
- Japanese terms spelled with 横 read as よこ
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- ja:Typography