Alphabet - Jibo

Japanese: 字母 - じぼ
Alphabet - Jibo

(1) A letter, such as in the alphabet or Hangul, which has consonants and vowels and writes syllables as a combination of these. Since it is a form of writing in which words can only be written by spelling out the letters together, each letter is called a jamo, meaning it is an element or basis of writing. It is incorrect to call a single kana character a jamo. A set of letters or typefaces with the same design, including symbols such as punctuation marks, is called a font.

(2) The Chinese Zhuyin alphabet is a symbol that divides a syllable into initial consonants and final consonants. In ancient Chinese rhyming, there were 36 types of initial consonants that were used as characters.

(3) A matrix used to cast the type used in letterpress printing. Depending on how it is made, it can be carved, electroplated, or stamped.

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Japanese:

(1)アルファベット、ハングルのように、子音字と母音字とがあって、音節をそれらの組合せとして書き表す文字の各字letter。字をつづり合わせて初めて語が書ける表記形式なので、その1字が表記の要素、基になるものという意味で字母とよばれる。なお、仮名の1字を字母とよぶのは誤りである。また、句読点などの記号を含め、同じデザインの字母や活字の一そろいをフォント(font、書体)という。

(2)中国の注音字母は、音節を声母(頭子音部)と韻母(ときに末子音も添えた母音部)とに分割して記す記号である。中国古来の韻学では、声母に36の種別をたてて字母としている。

(3)活版印刷の組み版に用いる活字を鋳造するために用意される母型matrix。作り方によって、彫刻字母、電胎字母、打ち出し字母に分かれる。

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