字体

See also: 字體

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 字体 – see 字體 (“typeface; font; script; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 字體).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
字	体
じ Grade: 1	たい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
字體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

字 (“character”) +‎ 体 (“form”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じたい [jìtáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑita̠i]

Noun

字(じ)体(たい) • (jitai) 

1. the form of a character that belongs to a system, such as "Old", "New", "Simplified", "Traditional", etc.; this concerns the major, systematic differences, such as which radicals to be used, or stroke counts; compare 字形 (jikei)

Derived terms

• 通(つう)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (tsūyōjitai)

See also

• 新(しん)字(じ)体(たい) (shinjitai)
• 旧(きゅう)字(じ)体(たい) (kyūjitai)
• 簡(かん)体(たい)字(じ) (kantaiji)
• 繁(はん)体(たい)字(じ) (hantaiji)
• 正(せい)字(じ) (seiji)
• 書(しょ)体(たい) (shotai)