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写植 (しゃしょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

写しゃ植しょく

also: しゃちょく

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Meanings

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noun

phototypesetting

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 写真植字 (しゃしんしょくじ). Used in printing and publishing contexts.

See also: 写真植字 (しゃしんしょくじ)

この本ほんは写しゃ植しょくで組くまれている。
This book is typeset using phototypesetting.
写しゃ植しょくの技ぎ術じゅつはデジタル化か以い前ぜんに広ひろく使つかわれた。
Phototypesetting technology was widely used before digitization.

Written forms

写植Usage100%
- しゃしょく
  Standard kanji spelling; abbreviation of 写真植字.
- しゃちょく
  Alternate reading しゃちょく is less common; しゃしょく is the primary reading.

しゃちょく

Kanji

写copy, be photographed, describe
植plant

Similar words

写しゃ真しん植しょく字じ
Full form of 写植; more formal and explicit.
活かっ版ぱん印いん刷さつ
Letterpress printing, an older technology compared to phototypesetting.
DTP
Desktop publishing, the modern digital successor to phototypesetting.

Etymology

Abbreviation of 写真植字 (しゃしんしょくじ), literally 'photographic typesetting'.