母型

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
けい
Grade: 5
kan’yōon kan’on

Etymology[edit]

Compound of (bo, mother) +‎ (kei, form, shape).[1][2][3] First cited to a printing-industry text from 1966.[1]

Compare English matrix, from Latin mātrīx from māter (mother).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(けい) (bokei

  1. [from 1966] (printing) a matrix (mold) or die for casting an individual character sort
    Synonym: 字母 (jibo)

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 母型”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 母型”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN