英字

英字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
英	字
えい Grade: 4	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 英 (ei, “English”) +‎ 字 (ji, “character, letter”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) えーじ [èéjí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [e̞ːʑi]

Noun

英字 (hiragana えいじ, rōmaji eiji)

1. the English alphabet
2. a letter of the English alphabet

   英 (えい)字 (じ)で入 (にゅう)力 (りょく)ください。

   Eiji de nyūryoku kudasai.

   Please enter using English letters (as opposed to kana or kanji).

3. (by extension) something written in the English language

   英 (えい)字 (じ)書 (しょ)類 (るい)

   eiji shorui

   English-language documents

See also

See also

• 英 (えい)数 (すう)字 (じ) (eisūji): alphanumeric character
• 半 (はん)角 (かく) (hankaku): halfwidth
• 全 (ぜん)角 (かく) (zenkaku): fullwidth

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN