Where does “ゴシック体” come from?
ゴシック体 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 体, from Middle Chinese 體.
ゴシック体 (Japanese): the gothic typographic style of East Asian scripts (Han, hangul, kana), equivalent to the Western sans serif style
Definitions
- the gothic typographic style of East Asian scripts (Han, hangul, kana), equivalent to the Western sans serif style
Ancestry of “ゴシック体”, step by step
ゴシック体 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 体
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 体 | In general: the body, e.g. of a human or animal;... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 體 | — |
via Japanese ゴシック
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ゴシック | Gothic, Gothic style |