正楷

Chinese

Etymology 1

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	norm; model; (writing)
trad. (正楷)		正	楷
simp. #(正楷)		正	楷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngkǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄎㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ kaai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiàⁿ-khái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngkǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄎㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngkǎi
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-kʻai³
    • Yale: jèng-kǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqkae
    • Palladius: чжэнкай (čžɛnkaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ kaai²
    • Yale: jing káai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ kaai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ kai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ kʰaːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-khái
    • Tâi-lô: tsiànn-khái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviarqae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰai⁴¹/

Noun

正楷

1. (Chinese calligraphy) regular script (the newest style of Chinese calligraphy, the most common in modern writings)
2. (by extension) block letters (in Latin script)

Synonyms

(Chinese regular script):

• 楷書／楷书 (kǎishū)
• 楷體／楷体 (kǎitǐ)
• 真楷 (zhēnkǎi)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 正楷 – see 正階 (“block letters; print writing”). (This term is a variant form of 正階).