組文字

組文字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
組	文	字
く(み) Grade: 2	もん > も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
kun’yomi	Irregular	goon

Examples
The characters following the arrows are examples of kumimoji: アパート → ㌀ 1ドル → 1㌦ 30キロ → 30㌔

Alternative forms

• 組み文字

Etymology

組 (kumi, “group; set”) +‎ 文字 (moji, “character”)

Noun

組文字 (hiragana くみもじ, rōmaji kumimoji)

1. (typography) a block of multiple characters arranged in a space equivalent to that of a single character (an imaginary square), usually containing katakana, used as way of abbreviation

See also

• 縦 (たて)中 (ちゅう)横 (よこ) (tatechūyoko)
• Appendix:Unicode/CJK Compatibility