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Mincho.

A style of typeface used to display kanji and kana in Japanese, roughly analogous in appearance to serif typefaces.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈmɪn.tʃəʊ/UK/ˈmɪn.tʃoʊ/US
  1. A style of typeface used to display kanji and kana in Japanese, roughly analogous in appearance to serif typefaces.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 明(みん)朝(ちょう) (Minchō, literally “Ming Dynasty”). Doublet of Myeongjo, borrowed from Korean.

adj/ˈmɪn.tʃəʊ/UK/ˈmɪn.tʃoʊ/US
  1. Of a Japanese font or typeface, being in the Mincho style.

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 明(みん)朝(ちょう) (Minchō, literally “Ming Dynasty”). Doublet of Myeongjo, borrowed from Korean.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.