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regular script

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

kai3shu1 kǎishū

Meaning


Primary

regular script

Alternatives

model script, kaishu

Mnemonic


楷書 Regular script is the most 楷 model script form of Chinese characters, and is the one that shows up in printed 書 books.

Usage


他 的 楷書 寫 得 很 工整。

His regular script handwriting is very neat.

書法家 用 楷書 寫 了 一 幅 對聯。

The calligrapher wrote a couplet in regular script.

這 本 書 是 用 楷書 印刷 的。

This book is printed in regular script.