楷书

楷書
kǎishū
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 regular script (standard Chinese calligraphic style)
  2. 2 kaishu

Examples

Xiǎoxuéshēng dōu yào cóng kǎishū liàn qǐ.
Primary-school students all have to start practicing with regular script.
Yánzhēnqīng de kǎishū xióng hún yǒulì.
Yan Zhenqing's regular script is majestic and powerful.
Zhè běn zì tiè shì Ōu tǐ kǎishū.
This copybook is Ou-style regular script.

Tips

history
Emerged in the late Han and matured in the Tang. The four canonical Tang masters are , 颜真卿, , and later (Yuan) — together the 楷书四大.
culture
One of the five main scripts (): 篆书 seal, 隶书 clerical, 楷书 regular, 行书 running, 草书 cursive. Kaishu is the model for printed fonts — the name itself means 'model / exemplar'.

Stroke Order

kǎi
shū