Japanese symbol for “typesetting”
組
くみ
Romaji: kumi
class (of students)
In Japanese, typesetting is 組, read くみ (kumi).
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Meanings
- n, n-suf class (of students)
- ctr, n, n-suf group (of people); party; team; crew
- n, n-suf lot; bunch; set
- n, n-suf crime family; organized-crime syndicate
- ctr, n, n-suf set (of items); assortment; deck (of cards); pack
- n typesetting; composition (print)
Written forms: 組、組み. Readings: くみ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “typesetting”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 組版 | くみはん kumihan | typesetting; composition |
| 植字 | しょくじ shokuji | typesetting |
| 植え字 | うえじ ueji | typesetting; printing type |
| 文字組み | もじくみ mojikumi | character layout; typesetting |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 番組 | ばんぐみ bangumi | program (e.g. TV); programme |
| 組織 | そしき soshiki | organization; organisation; formation |
| 仕組み | しくみ shikumi | structure; construction; arrangement |
| 組合 | くみあい kumiai | association; union; guild |
| 組む | くむ kumu | to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms) |
| 取り組み | とりくみ torikumi | effort; initiative; dealing with |
See also: Chinese symbol for “typesetting”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.