shinjitai

Contents

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 新字体 (shinjitai), from Middle Chinese 新 (MC siɪn, “new”) + 字體 (MC d͡zɨ^H tʰei^X, “character style, calligraphic form”), from 字 (MC d͡zɨ^H, “[written] character”) + 體 (MC tʰei^X, “form, body”).

Noun

shinjitai (plural shinjitai)

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

Antonyms

• kyūjitai

Derived terms

• extended shinjitai

Translations

simplified form of Japanese kanji

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 新字體, 新字体 (san¹ zi² tai²)

  Mandarin: 新字體 (zh), 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) (しんじたい, shinjitai)
• Korean: 신자체 (sinjache)
• Malay: kanji mudah
• Russian: синдзита́й (ru) m (sindzitáj)
• Vietnamese: tân tự thể

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Japanese

Romanization

shinjitai

1. Rōmaji transcription of しんじたい