明朝体

Japanese

Kanji in this term
明	朝	体
みん Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2	たい Grade: 2
tōon	on’yomi	goon

Alternative spelling
明朝體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

明朝 (Minchō, “Ming dynasty”) +‎ 体 (-tai, “calligraphic style”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) みんちょーたい [mìńchóótáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ːta̠i]

Noun

明(みん)朝(ちょう)体(たい) • (Minchōtai) ^{←みんてうたい (minteutai)^?}

the Ming typographic style of East Asian scripts (Han, hangul, kana), equivalent to the Western serif style
源(げん)ノ明(みん)朝(ちょう)
Gen no Minchō
Source Han Serif

See also

ゴシック体(たい) (goshikku-tai)

References

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

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