"全角" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [d͡zẽ̞ŋka̠kɯ̟] Forms: 全角 [canonical] (ruby: (ぜん), (かく)), zenkaku [romanization]
Etymology: 全 (“full-”) + 角 (“square”), as in the square ボディ (bodi, “body”) or the 仮想ボディ (kasō bodi, “em square”, literally “imaginary body”) of a CJK glyph Etymology templates: {{pre|ja|全|角|sort=せんかく'|t1=full-|t2=square}} 全 (“full-”) + 角 (“square”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぜんかく}} 全(ぜん)角(かく) • (zenkaku)
  1. (attributive, computing, typography, of an East Asian character or glyph) the state of being fullwidth and full-height which, in early computer encoding, occupies 2 bytes, and in modern typography, equals 1 em Wikipedia link: Fullwidth form Tags: attributive Categories (topical): Computing, Typography Related terms: (bai) (ruby: (ばい)) (english: a multiple of an em), (bu) (ruby: ()) (english: a fraction of em)
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