繁体字

See also: 繁體字

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 繁体字 – see 繁體字 (“Traditional Chinese”). (This term is the simplified form of 繁體字).

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
繁	体	字
はん Grade: S	たい Grade: 2	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
繁體字 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Chinese 繁體字 / 繁体字 (fántǐzì) (left: traditional / right: simplified).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんたいじ [hàńtáꜜìjì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠nta̠iʑi]

Noun

繁(はん)体(たい)字(じ) • (hantaiji) 

1. Traditional Chinese character(s); Traditional Chinese

Synonyms

• 正体字(せいたいじ) (seitaiji)

See also

• 簡体字(かんたいじ) (kantaiji): Simplified Chinese character(s).
• 新字体(しんじたい) (shinjitai)
• 旧字体(きゅうじたい) (kyūjitai)