縦中横

縦中横

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縦	中	横
たて Grade: 6	ちゅう Grade: 1	よこ Grade: 3
kun’yomi	on’yomi	kun’yomi

Examples
"20", "580", "3.5" and "㎞" in this sentence are written in tatechūyoko: 昭和20年8月6日に広島に原爆が投下され、上空580メートルで爆発し、3.5㎞離れた場所にいる人でも火傷を負った。

Etymology

縦 (tate, “vertical”) +‎ 中 (chū, “in between”) +‎ 横 (yoko, “horizontal”)

Noun

縦中横 (hiragana たてちゅうよこ, rōmaji tatechūyoko)

1. (typography) a block of horizontal type laid out within vertical type lines, usually containing halfwidth characters, especially numbers[1]

See also

• 組 (くみ)文 (も)字 (じ) (kumimoji)

References

1. Photoshop Help /Asian type