正體字

正體字

1. (chiefly Taiwan) Traditional Chinese (characters), especially the standard forms in Taiwan

   Synonym: 繁體字 / 繁体字 (fántǐzì)

   Antonyms: 簡體字 / 简体字 (jiǎntǐzì), 簡化字 / 简化字 (jiǎnhuàzì)

2. Chinese character (traditional or simplified) that conforms to an official or historical orthography

   Synonym: 正字 (zhèngzì)

   Antonyms: 異體字 / 异体字 (yìtǐzì), 俗字 (súzì)

3. (typography) characters typeset in their standard form rather than bolded or italicized

   Antonyms: 斜體 / 斜体 (xiétǐ), 粗體 / 粗体 (cūtǐ)

• When referring to Traditional Chinese characters, both 繁體字 / 繁体字 (fántǐzì) and 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) are widely used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, with 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) recommended by Taiwan government.
• Sometimes 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) refers specifically to Taiwan standard forms or historically standard forms, and the nonstandard forms are called variant / 异体字 or popular form, or 簡體字 / 简体字 (jiǎntǐzì) if it is a simplified form.
  • E.g. in Taiwan, 臺 is as a 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì), while 台 is a 異體字 / 异体字 (yìtǐzì) or 俗字 (súzì). Hong Kong standard recommends 台 instead, but 臺 / 台 (tái) is still seen as a 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) due to its historical orthodoxy.
  • But in some cases, the current Taiwan standard form of a character may be a historically nonstandard one, which makes what is a 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) ambiguous. E.g. 裏 used to be standard and 裡 nonstandard; but Taiwan standard adopted 裡. In this case, the Taiwan standard form can be referred to as 國字標準字體 / 国字标准字体.
• Regardless of simplified or not, when referring to a character that conforms to the orthography, it is used as a concept opposite to variant / 异体字.
  • E.g. 回 (huí) is the 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) form of 囬. 場 / 场 are the 正體字 / 正体字 (zhèngtǐzì) forms of 塲.

• 規範字／规范字 (guīfànzì, “standardized Chinese characters that are used to write Simplified Chinese”)