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RTK / HeisigFrame #1298

printing block

Lv 30

Strokes: 8

JLPT: N2

Jōyō: Grade 5

Meanings

printing block RTKEdition

Community Mnemonic

828 votes

Before the advent of printers in Japan, typewriters couldn't be built as they were in the west due to how many kanji there are. Lots of small printing blocks had to be used instead. One side of the printing block would have a mirrored (anti) image of the kanji. This is true.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

On'yomi

はん

Kun'yomi

None

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