明朝体

Japanese

Kanji in this term
明 朝 体
みん
Grade: 2 		ちょう
Grade: 2 		たい
Grade: 2
tōon on'yomi goon
Alternative spelling
明朝體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

明朝 (Minchō, “Ming dynasty”) +‎ 体 (-tai, “calligraphic style”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) みんちょーたい [mìńchóótáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ːta̠i]

Noun

明(みん)朝(ちょう)体(たい) • (Minchōtai) ←みんてうたい (minteutai)?

  1. the Ming typographic style of East Asian scripts (Han, hangul, kana), equivalent to the Western serif style
    源(げん)ノ明(みん)朝(ちょう)
    Gen no Minchō
    Source Han Serif

See also

References

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