Where does “extended shinjitai” come from?

extended shinjitai (English) comes from Japanese 拡張新字体, from Japanese 新字体, from Japanese 字体, from Japanese 字, from Middle Chinese 字 — letter, symbol, character; character.

extended shinjitai (English): An unofficial shinjitai created by analogy

Definitions

  1. An unofficial shinjitai created by analogy

Ancestry of “extended shinjitai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese拡張新字体extended shinjitai
2Japanese新字体shinjitai
3Japanese字体the form of a character; handwriting
4Japanese字letter, character; handwriting, penmanship; a...
5Middle Chinese字letter, symbol, character; character
Every word from Middle Chinese 字 →Every word from Japanese 字 →Every word from Japanese 字体 →