写真植字

写真植字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
写	真	植	字
しゃ Grade: 3	しん Grade: 3	しょく Grade: 3	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 写真 (shashin, “photograph”) +‎ 植字 (shokuji, “typesetting”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しゃしんしょ​くじ [shàshíńshóꜜkùjì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕa̠ɕĩɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝʑi]

Noun

写真植字 (hiragana しゃしんしょくじ, rōmaji shashinshokuji)

1. phototypesetting; photocomposition

Derived terms

• 写 (しゃ)真 (しん)植 (しょく)字 (じ)機 (き) (shashinshokujiki): phototypesetter; phototypesetting machine

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN