Regular script

Regular script
Script type	Logographic
Time period	c. 2nd century – present
Languages	Classical Chinese, vernacular Chinese varieties
Related scripts
Parent systems	Oracle bone script Small seal script Clerical script Regular script
Child systems	Traditional characters Simplified characters Kanji Kana Man'yōgana Hanja Chữ Hán Chữ Nôm Khitan large script Khitan small script Jurchen script Tangut script Nüshu Bopomofo
Unicode
Unicode range	U+4E00–U+9FFF CJK Unified Ideographs (most common) (full list)

Regular script
"Regular script" written in traditional (left) and simplified (right) forms
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	楷書
Simplified Chinese	楷书
Literal meaning	model script
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin kǎishū Wade–Giles k'ai3-shu1 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization kaái syū Jyutping kaai2 syu1 Canton Romanization kai2 xu1
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	真書
Simplified Chinese	真书
Literal meaning	real script
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin zhēnshū Wade–Giles chên1-shu1 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization jān syū Jyutping zan1 syu1 Canton Romanization zen1 xu1
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese	正楷
Literal meaning	correct model
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin zhèngkǎi Wade–Giles chêng4-k'ai3 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization jing kaái Jyutping zing3 kaai2 Canton Romanization jing3 kai2
Third alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	楷體
Simplified Chinese	楷体
Literal meaning	model form
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin kǎitǐ Wade–Giles k'ai3-t'i3 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization kaái tái Jyutping kaai2 tai2 Canton Romanization kai2 tei2
Fourth alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	正書
Simplified Chinese	正书
Literal meaning	correct script
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin zhèngshū Wade–Giles chêng4-shu1 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization jing syū Jyutping zing3 syu1 Canton Romanization jing3 xu1
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	khải thư chữ khải
Hán-Nôm	楷書 𡨸楷
Japanese name
Kanji	楷書
Hiragana	かいしょ
Transcriptions Romanization Kaisho

Chinese characters
Chinese family of scripts Written Chinese Kanji Hanja Chữ Hán
Historical forms and styles Neolithic symbols in China Oracle bone Bronze Seal (Bird-worm Large Small) Clerical Cursive Semi-cursive Regular Flat brush Typefaces Fangsong Ming Sans-serif
Properties and classification Components Strokes (order) Radical
Collation and standards Character-form standards Jiu zixing Xin zixing Kangxi Dictionary forms (1716) General Standard Chinese Characters (mainland China, 2013) Graphemes of Commonly-used Chinese characters (Hong Kong, 2007) Standard Form of National Characters (Taiwan, 1982) Grapheme-usage standards General Standard Characters (PRC, 2013) Jōyō kanji (Japan, 2010) Other standards Standardized Forms of Words with Variant Forms (PRC, 2002) Nan Min Recommended Characters (Taiwan, 2009) Previous standards Commonly-used Characters (PRC, 1988) Tōyō kanji (Japan, 1946)
Reforms China Clerical reforms Traditional characters Simplified characters (first round second round) Debate Japan Kyūjitai Shinjitai Ryakuji Korea Yakja Singapore Table of Simplified Characters
Homographs and readings Literary and colloquial readings
Variants Graphemic variants Zetian characters
Derived systems Slavonic transcription Nüshu Kana ( Man'yōgana Hiragana Katakana ) Jurchen script Khitan ( Large Small ) Idu script Bopomofo Sawndip Chữ Nôm
Transliteration of Chinese
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The regular script^[a] is the newest of the Chinese script styles, popular starting from the Three Kingdoms period c. 200 CE, and stylistically mature by the 7th century. It is the most common style used in modern text. In its traditional form it is the third-most common in publishing after the Ming and Gothic types used exclusively in print.^[1]

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