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親文字

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
おや
Grade: 2
もん > も
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun'yomi irregular goon

Etymology

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Compound of (oya, parent) +‎ 文字 (moji, character, letter).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(おや)()() (oya moji

  1. synonym of 親字 (oyaji, Han character dictionary headword)
  2. synonym of 大文字 (ōmoji, a capital letter)
  3. synonym of 頭文字 (kashiramoji, initial letter)
  4. (printing) synonym of 母型 (bokei, matrix for casting an individual character sort)
  5. (typography) parent or base character (main text character, as opposed to ruby character)
    Coordinate term: ルビ (rubi, ruby character)

References

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  1. ^ 親文字”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 親文字”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN