英数字

Japanese
Kanji in this term
英 数 字
えい
Grade: 4		 すう
Grade: 2		 じ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Blend of 英字 (eiji, “English character, alphabetic character”) +‎ 数字 (sūji, “number, numeric character”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

英数字 (hiragana えいすうじ, rōmaji eisūji)

  1. (computing, input devices) alphanumeric characters, alphanumerics (as opposed to kana or kanji)

Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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