Where does “新字体” come from?

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

新字体 (Japanese): shinjitai

Definitions

  1. shinjitai

Ancestry of “新字体”, step by step

新字体 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 字体

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese字体the form of a character; handwriting
2Japanese字letter, character; handwriting, penmanship; a...
3Middle Chinese字letter, symbol, character; character

via Japanese 新

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新a novelty
2Middle Chinese新—

Words derived from “新字体”

Every word from Middle Chinese 字 →Every word from Japanese 字 →Every word from Japanese 字体 →