右横書き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
みぎ
Grade: 1
よこ
Grade: 3
か > が
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (migi, right) + 横書き (yokogaki, horizontal writing), itself from (yoko, horizontal, side, sideways) + 書き (kaki), the stem noun form of verb 書く (kaku, to write). The kaki changes to gaki due to rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

右横書き (hiragana みぎよこがき, rōmaji migi yokogaki)

  1. writing from right to left, such as for Arabic or Hebrew, or for older Japanese signs
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