親文字

親文字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
親	文	字
おや Grade: 2	もん > も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
kun’yomi	irregular	goon

Etymology

Compound of 親 (oya, “parent”) +‎ 文字 (moji, “character, letter”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おやも​じ [òyá móꜜjì] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
• (Tokyo) おやもじ [òyá mójí] (Heiban – [0])[3]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ja̠ mo̞ʑi]

Noun

親(おや)文(も)字(じ) • (oya moji) 

1. synonym of 親字 (oyaji, “Han character dictionary headword”)
2. synonym of 大文字 (ōmoji, “a capital letter”)
3. synonym of 頭文字 (kashiramoji, “initial letter”)
4. (printing) synonym of 母型 (bokei, “matrix for casting an individual character sort”)
5. (typography) parent or base character (main text character, as opposed to ruby character)

   Coordinate term: ルビ (rubi, “ruby character”)

References

1. “親文字”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. “親文字”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN