母型

Japanese
Kanji in this term
母 型
ぼ
Grade: 2		 けい
Grade: 5
kan’yōon kan’on

Etymology

Compound of 母 (bo, “mother”) +‎ 型 (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
  • (Tokyo) ぼけー [bòkéé] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [bo̞ke̞ː]

Noun

母(ぼ)型(けい) • (bokei) 

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

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