What is Genkō Yōshi (原稿用紙)?

Genkō Yōshi is traditional Japanese manuscript paper arranged in vertical columns of grid squares. Each square holds one kanji, hiragana, or katakana character, with narrow side columns for furigana phonetic readings.

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Genkō Yōshi (原稿用紙) Japanese Paper

Generate traditional Japanese manuscript paper with square kanji character boxes, center quadrant crosshairs, and furigana side columns.

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Choose 400-character standard grid (20 columns x 20 rows) or 200-character practice grid on A4 / Letter paper sizes.

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