繁 体 字(はんたいじ)

はんたいじ

noun

traditional Chinese character

See also: 簡体字(かんたいじ) (simplified characters)

1. traditional Chinese character

The traditional, unsimplified forms of Chinese characters, still used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. These are the original complex forms from which simplified characters were derived.

台湾(たいわん)では繁体字(はんたいじ)が使(つか)われている。

Traditional characters are used in Taiwan.

繁体字(はんたいじ)は画数(かくすう)が多(おお)くて書(か)くのが難(むずか)しい。

Traditional characters have many strokes and are difficult to write.

日本(にほん)の漢字(かんじ)は繁体字(はんたいじ)に近(ちか)いものが多(おお)いが、独自(どくじ)の略字(りゃくじ)もある。

Many Japanese kanji are close to traditional characters, but there are also uniquely simplified forms.

Usage

Also called 正体字(せいたいじ) (standard-form characters) in Taiwan. Japanese kanji overlap significantly with traditional characters but are not identical — Japan carried out its own simplification reforms after World War II.

Common collocations

繁体字(はんたいじ)で書(か)く: to write in traditional characters
繁体字(はんたいじ)圏(けん): traditional character regions
繁体字(はんたいじ)表記(ひょうき): traditional character notation

Related Words

Related: 旧字体(きゅうじたい) (old-form kanji)

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