正體

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See also: 正体

Chinese

just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
 
body; form; style
body; form; style; system
 
trad. (正體) 正 體
simp. (正体) 正 体
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Pronunciation

Noun

正體

  1. the “proper/standard form” of scripts, especially of Chinese characters
    1. (especially Taiwan) Synonym of 繁體／繁体 (fántǐ, “Traditional Chinese”)
    2. Synonym of 楷書／楷书 (kǎishū, “Regular script”)
    3. Synonym of 印刷體／印刷体 (yìnshuātǐ, “block letters”)
  2. main part; body; the thing in itself

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正 體
しょう
Grade: 1 		たい
Hyōgai
goon
For pronunciation and definitions of 正體 – see the following entry.
【正体しょうたい】
a natural, original, true, etc. form, shape or identity
【正体せいたい】
a Traditional Chinese character
(calligraphy, typography, of a Han character) the "standard", most recognized form
(typography, of a glyph) the undistorted form (as opposed to a scaled or oblique form, for example, originally in phototypesetting)
(This term, 正體, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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