正体

See also: 正體

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 正体 – see 正體 (“the “proper/standard form” of scripts, especially of Chinese characters; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 正體).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
正	体
しょう Grade: 1	たい Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
正體 (kyūjitai)

• (Tokyo) しょ​ーたい [shóꜜòtàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːta̠i]

Noun

正(しょう)体(たい) • (shōtai) ^{←しやうたい (syautai)?}

1. a natural, original, true, etc. form, shape or identity

   あの男(おとこ)の正(しょう)体(たい)

   ano otoko no shōtai

   that man's true colors / true identity

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
正	体
せい Grade: 1	たい Grade: 2
kan’on	goon

Alternative spelling
正體 (kyūjitai)

• (Tokyo) せーたい [sèétáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːta̠i]

Noun

正(せい)体(たい) • (seitai) 

1. a Traditional Chinese character
2. (calligraphy, typography, of a Han character) the "standard", most recognized form
3. (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

• 正(しょ)体(だい)無(な)い (shodainai)