Shinjitai

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The simplified form of Japanese kanji used after 1947.

    "However, when a traditional “correct” radical has been obscured by the postwar adoption of a simplified form (shinjitai), that radical is simply ignored."

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"However, when a traditional “correct” radical has been obscured by the postwar adoption of a simplified form (shinjitai), that radical is simply ignored."

Etymology

Transliteration from Japanese 新(しん)字(じ)体(たい) (shinjitai).

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