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超文面 (ちょうぶんめん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

超ちょう文ぶん面めん

Meanings

1

noun

hypertext

Rare technical term; modern Japanese almost always uses the loanword ハイパーテキスト instead.

「超ちょう文ぶん面めん」はハイパーテキストの古ふるい訳やく語ごとして使つかわれることがある。
超文面 is sometimes used as an old translation for hypertext.

Kanji

超transcend, super-, ultra-
文sentence, literature, style
面mask, face, features

Similar words

ハイパーテキスト
The standard modern term for hypertext; 超文面 is a rare, dated kanji equivalent.

Etymology

Compound of 超 (chō, 'super' or 'beyond') and 文面 (bunmen, 'text' or 'written surface'), likely coined as a direct translation of 'hypertext'. The exact origin is uncertain.