Where does “文字揃え” come from?

文字揃え (Japanese) comes from Japanese 文字, from Middle Chinese 文字.

文字揃え (Japanese): character alignment

Definitions

  1. character alignment

Ancestry of “文字揃え”, step by step

文字揃え traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 文字

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese文字a letter, a character; script, writing system; a...
2Middle Chinese文字—

via Japanese 揃え

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese揃え—
Every word from Middle Chinese 文字 →Every word from Japanese 文字 →