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
Min Nan (POJ): chiàⁿ-khái

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/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-khái
  - Tâi-lô: tsiànn-khái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviarqae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰai⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰai⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiã²¹⁻⁵³ kʰai⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiã¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiã²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰai⁴¹/

Noun

正楷

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

Synonyms

(Chinese regular script):

真楷 (zhēnkǎi)
楷書／楷书 (kǎishū)

楷體／楷体 (kǎitǐ)

Etymology 2

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

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