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字(じ)数(すう)

じすうjisuu

CommonNoun

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. noun

    number of characters; number of letters

Example sentences 4

雑(ざっ)誌(し)によってはライターに自(じ)由(ゆう)に書(か)かせて後(あと)でレイアウトなんだけど、あの雑(ざっ)誌(し)はデザイン優(ゆう)先(せん)で字(じ)数(すう)全(ぜん)部(ぶ)決(き)まってた。

  • Magazines let writers write what they want and decide how to lay it out afterward, but that magazine prioritizes its design, so it sets a predetermined limit on how many words are in it.

中(ちゅう)国(ごく)では漢(かん)字(じ)の字(じ)数(すう)が多(おお)いから、複(ふく)雑(ざつ)な繁(はん)体(たい)字(じ)をやめて覚(おぼ)えやすい簡(かん)体(たい)字(じ)に置(お)き換(か)え、識(しき)字(じ)率(りつ)を高(たか)めることが簡(かん)体(たい)字(じ)推(すい)進(しん)の目(もく)的(てき)でした。

  • In China, there is a large number of characters, so the goal of the character simplification was to replace the complex traditional characters with easy to remember simplified characters and increase the literacy rate.

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