Where does “植字” come from?

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

植字 (Japanese): typesetting, composition

Definitions

  1. typesetting, composition

Ancestry of “植字”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese字letter, character; handwriting, penmanship; a...
2Middle Chinese字letter, symbol, character; character
Every word from Middle Chinese 字 →Every word from Japanese 字 →
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