shinjitai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 新(しん)字(じ)体(たい) (shinjitai).

Noun

shinjitai (plural shinjitai)

1. The simplified form of Japanese kanji used after 1947.

   Coordinate term: kyūjitai

   • 1992, The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, volume 26, issue 1, page 47:

     However, when a traditional “correct” radical has been obscured by the postwar adoption of a simplified form (shinjitai), that radical is simply ignored.

Derived terms

• extended shinjitai

Translations

simplified form of Japanese kanji

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 新字體／新字体 (san¹ zi⁶ tai²)

  Mandarin: 新字體／新字体 (zh) (xīnzìtǐ), 日本新字體／日本新字体 (Rìběn xīnzìtǐ)

• Estonian: lihtsustatud kanji
• Finnish: yksinkertaistettu kanji
• French: shinjitai (fr) m
• Japanese: 新字体 (ja) (shinjitai)
• Korean: 신자체(新字體) (sinjache)
• Malay: kanji mudah
• Russian: синдзита́й (ru) m (sindzitáj)
• Vietnamese: tân tự thể

Japanese

Romanization

shinjitai

1. Rōmaji transcription of しんじたい