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Mincho

Syllables: Min·choUK/ˈmɪn.tʃəʊ/US/ˈmɪn.tʃoʊ/

Mincho proper noun: a style of typeface used to display kanji and kana in Japanese, roughly analogous in appearance to serif typefaces.

Proper noun

Mincho

  1. A style of typeface used to display kanji and kana in Japanese, roughly analogous in appearance to serif typefaces.
    • There are two popular styles of Kanji character fonts: “Mincho” and “Gothic.”[…]"Mincho" has thin horizontal strokes and thick vertical ones.[…]The role of “Mincho” in Japanese is similar to Roman style, and that of “Gothic” is similar to Bold face style.1991 November 29, Robert A. Morris, Jacques André, Raster Imaging and Digital Typography II: Proceedings of the Conference on Raster Imaging and Digital Typography, Boston 1991, Cambridge University...
    • The two typefaces Mincho and Gothic are most widely used. Mincho is serif and is used for main body text. Gothic is sans serif and is used mainly for headings.1997 May 2, Horst Bunke, Patrick S. P. Wang, Handbook Of Character Recognition And Document Image Analysis, World Scientific Publishing, →ISBN, page 298

Adjective

Mincho (not comparable)

  1. Of a Japanese font or typeface, being in the Mincho style.

Forms of Mincho

alternative formMinchō

Origin of Mincho

Borrowed from Japanese 明(みん)朝(ちょう) (Minchō, literally “Ming Dynasty”). Doublet of Myeongjo, borrowed from Korean.

Questions about Mincho

What does Mincho mean?
Mincho means a style of typeface used to display kanji and kana in Japanese, roughly analogous in appearance to serif typefaces.
What part of speech is Mincho?
Mincho can be a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Mincho?
Mincho is pronounced /ˈmɪn.tʃəʊ/ (UK).

Words near Mincho in the dictionary

  1. Minchia
  2. Minchinbury
  3. minching
  4. Minchinhampton
  5. Minchir
  6. Mincho
  7. mincier
  8. minciest
  9. mincing
  10. mincing one's words
  11. mincing up

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