正體字

Noun

 * 1)  Traditional Chinese (characters), especially the standard forms in Taiwan
 * 2) Chinese character (traditional or simplified) that conforms to an official or historical orthography
 * 3)  characters typeset in their standard form rather than bolded or italicized
 * 1) Chinese character (traditional or simplified) that conforms to an official or historical orthography
 * 2)  characters typeset in their standard form rather than bolded or italicized
 * 1)  characters typeset in their standard form rather than bolded or italicized
 * 1)  characters typeset in their standard form rather than bolded or italicized

Usage notes

 * When referring to Traditional Chinese characters, both and  are widely used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, with  recommended by Taiwan government.
 * Sometimes 正體字 referes specifically to Taiwan standard forms or historically standard forms, and the nonstandard forms are called or, or  if it is a simplified form.
 * E.g. in Taiwan, is as a 正體字, while  is a 異體字 or 俗字. Hong Kong standard recommends 台 instead, but 臺 is still seen as a 正體字 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 ambiguous. E.g. used to be standard and  nonstandard; but Taiwan standard adopted . In this case, the Taiwan standard form can be referred to as.
 * Regardless of simplified or not, when referring to a character that conforms to the orthography, it is used as a concept opposite to.
 * E.g. is the 正體字/正体字 form of .  are the 正體字/正体字 forms of.