number of characters per line, page, etc.
Used in publishing, typesetting, and word processing to specify character count per line or page. Often appears in compound terms like 40字詰め (40 characters per line).
Please write this manuscript with 40 characters per line.
This manuscript paper is set at 400 characters per page.
Changing the character count per line can sometimes break the layout.
I changed the characters-per-line setting in the word processing software.
I wrote the draft of the novel on 200-character manuscript paper.
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in publishing and word processing contexts.
Abbreviated form, often seen in technical or space-constrained contexts.
Compound of 字 (character) and 詰め (packing, filling), from the verb 詰める (to pack, to fill). The term literally means 'character packing' and refers to how many characters are packed into a line or page.