正体字

正體字

zhèngtǐzì

noun

Meanings

1 traditional Chinese characters
2 standard form of a character

Characters

standard; proper

Examples

HSK 7-9

台湾把繁体字叫作正体字。

Táiwān bǎ fántǐzì jiàozuò zhèngtǐzì.

In Taiwan, traditional characters are called "standard characters".

HSK 7-9

这部字典先列出正体字，再列出它的异体字。

Zhè bù zìdiǎn xiān lièchū zhèngtǐzì, zài lièchū tā de yìtǐzì.

This dictionary lists the standard form first, followed by its variants.

Tips

usage

正体字 is the official term in Taiwan, which presents these forms as the standard rather than as "complex". On the mainland the same characters are 繁体字. In the study of characters the word also means the standard form of a single character, as opposed to its 异体字 (variants) and 俗体字 (popular forms).

Stroke Order

正 zhèng

体 tǐ

字 zì