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合字 (ごうじ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

合ごう字じ

ご

う

じ

Meanings

1

noun

printing

A typographic term for a single glyph combining two or more letters, such as 'æ' or 'ﬁ'. Used in printing and font design.

このフォントには合ごう字じが多おおく含ふくまれている。
This font contains many ligatures.

Kanji

合fit, suit, join
字character, letter, word

Etymology

Compound of 合 (gō, 'combine') and 字 (ji, 'character'), literally 'combined character'. The term is a direct calque of the English 'ligature' in typographic contexts.