組文字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
組	文	字
く(み) Grade: 2	もん > も Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
kun’yomi	irregular	goon

Alternative spelling
組み文字

Examples
The characters following the arrows are examples of kumimoji: アパート → ㌀ 1ドル → 1㌦ 30キロ → 30㌔ 株式会社 → ㍿

Etymology

組 (kumi, “group; set”) +‎ 文字 (moji, “character”)

Noun

組(くみ)文(も)字(じ) • (kumimoji) 

1. (typography, printing) a block of multiple characters arranged in a space equivalent to that of a single character (an imaginary square), usually containing katakana, used to save space

See also

• 文(も)字(じ)組(く)み (mojikumi)
• 縦(たて)中(ちゅう)横(よこ) (tatechūyoko)
• Appendix:Unicode/CJK Compatibility