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字体 じたい N3

  1. form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional)
  2. font; type; typeface

活字体 かつじたい

  1. print; printed form (of writing)
  2. typeface

活字体で書く かつじたいでかく

  1. to print (on a press)

旧字体 きゅうじたい

  1. kyūjitai; old character form; traditional form of kanji used in Japan before 1946

新字体 しんじたい

  1. new character form; shinjitai; simplified form of kanji used in Japan since 1946

簡易慣用字体 かんいかんようじたい

  1. any of 22 simplified non-jōyō kanji variants commonly used in print; customary simplified form (of kanji)

拡張新字体 かくちょうしんじたい

  1. extended shinjitai; unofficial simplified forms of kanji not included in the jōyō list

印刷標準字体 いんさつひょうじゅんじたい

  1. standard printed form (of the 1,022 non-jōyō kanji commonly used in print)

赤字体質 あかじたいしつ

  1. disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits

表外漢字字体表 ひょうがいかんじじたいひょう

  1. list of 1,022 non-jōyō kanji commonly used in print
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