Where does “簡易慣用字体” come from?

簡易慣用字体 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 字体, from Japanese 字, from Middle Chinese 字 — letter, symbol, character; character.

簡易慣用字体 (Japanese): simplified conventional font: variant kanji whose use in place of the 印刷標準字体 has been approved

Definitions

  1. simplified conventional font: variant kanji whose use in place of the 印刷標準字体 has been approved

Ancestry of “簡易慣用字体”, step by step

簡易慣用字体 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 字体

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese字体the form of a character; handwriting
2Japaneseletter, character; handwriting, penmanship; a...
3Middle Chineseletter, symbol, character; character

via Japanese 慣用

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese慣用everyday use, common usage; use customarily, use...
2Chinese慣用to use consistently; to practice habitually;...

via Japanese 簡易

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese簡易simplicity, ease
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