Where does “shinjitai” come from?

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

shinjitai (English): The simplified form of Japanese kanji used after...

Definitions

  1. The simplified form of Japanese kanji used after...

Ancestry of “shinjitai”, step by step

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