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民衆文字 (みんしゅうもじ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
demotic (ancient Egyptian script)
historical term
Historical term referring to the demotic script of ancient Egypt, a cursive form of hieroglyphs used for everyday writing. Often encountered in academic or archaeological contexts.
See also: デモティック
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The demotic script of ancient Egypt is a simplified form of hieroglyphs.
Kanji 民 people, nation, subjects 衆 masses, great numbers, multitude 文 sentence, literature, style Similar words デモティック デモティック is the direct loanword from English 'demotic', often used in the same academic contexts. 民衆文字 is the native Japanese term, literally 'people's script', and may be preferred in Japanese-language historical texts.
Etymology Compound of 民衆 (minshū, 'common people') and 文字 (moji, 'script, characters'), calqued from the Western term 'demotic' (from Greek dēmotikos 'of the people').
