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民衆文字 (みんしゅうもじ, minshuumoji) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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衆しゅう
文も
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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 Related 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').
