原稿用紙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	稿	用	紙
げん Grade: 2	こう Grade: S	よう Grade: 2	し Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 原稿(げんこう) (genkō) + 用紙(ようし) (yōshi).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんこーよ​ーし [gèńkóó yóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ŋko̞ː jo̞ːɕi]

Noun

原(げん)稿(こう)用(よう)紙(し) • (genkō yōshi) ^{←げんかうようし (genkau yousi)?}

1. Gridded paper for writing Japanese, with one square for each character. It is found especially in education.