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縦中横

縦中横

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たて
Grade: 6
ちゅう
Grade: 1
よこ
Grade: 3
Examples

"20", "580", "3.5" and "km" in this sentence are written in tatechūyoko:

昭和2086日に広島に原爆が投下され、
上空580メートルで爆発し、3.5km離れた場所に
いる人でも火傷を負った。

Noun

縦中横 (hiragana たてちゅうよこ, romaji tatechūyoko)

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

See also

References

  1. Photoshop Help / Asian type