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Chinese
Japanese
Pronunciation 1
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| 正體 (kyūjitai)
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Noun
正体 • (shōtai) ←しやうたい (syautai)?
- a natural, original, true, etc. form, shape or identity
- あの男の正体
- ano otoko no shōtai
- that man's true colors / true identity
Pronunciation 2
| Alternative spelling
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| 正體 (kyūjitai)
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Noun
正体 • (seitai)
- 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)
- Coordinate terms: 斜体, 長体, 平体
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN