古印体

Japanese

Kanji in this term
古	印	体
こ Grade: 2	いん Grade: 4	たい Grade: 2
kan’on		goon

Alternative spelling
古印體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

古 (“ancient”) +‎ 印 (“seal”) +‎ 体 (“style”)

Noun

古(こ)印(いん)体(たい) • (kointai) 

1. (typography) a typestyle that mimics the look of 隷書 (reisho, “clerical script”) being stamped (thus, with broken and irregular strokes) rather than handwritten; this "ancient seal" look arose in Nara-period Japan, and has no relation to the original Chinese 篆書 (tensho, “seal script”)