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, 正体, is the simplified form of 正體.)
Notes:

Japanese

Pronunciation 1
Kanji in this term
正 体
しょう
Grade: 1		 たい
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
正體 (kyūjitai)

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)

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)

References
  1. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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