縦中横

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縦 中 横
たて
Grade: 6
ちゅう
Grade: 1
よこ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
縱中橫 (kyūjitai)
Examples
"20", "580", "3.5" and "㎞" in this sentence are written in tatechūyoko:

昭和20年8月6日に広島に原爆が投下され、 上空580メートルで爆発し、3.5㎞離れた場所に いる人でも火傷を負った。

Etymology

縦 (tate, “vertical”) +‎ 中 (chū, “in between”) +‎ 横 (yoko, “horizontal”)

Noun

縦(たて)中(ちゅう)横(よこ) • (tatechūyoko) 

  1. (typography) a block of horizontal type laid out within vertical type lines, usually containing halfwidth characters, especially numbers[1]

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