縦中横

Japanese

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
"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

縦 (tate, “vertical”) +‎ 中 (chū, “in between”) +‎ 横 (yoko, “horizontal”)

Noun

縦(たて)中(ちゅう)横(よこ) • (tatechūyoko) 

1. (typography) a block of horizontal type laid out within vertical type lines, usually containing halfwidth characters, especially numbers

See also

• 組(くみ)文(も)字(じ) (kumimoji)