regular script; standard style; block style
Refers to the standard, non-cursive style of writing Chinese characters (kanji). Often used in the compound 楷書 (かいしょ).
See also: 楷書 (かいしょ)
Regular script is one of the basic styles of writing Chinese characters.
Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)
A tree species native to China; the name is used in botanical contexts.
彼は楷で丁寧に手紙を書いた。
He wrote the letter carefully in standard script.
Chinese pistache trees are sometimes planted as street trees.
Chinese pistache
square style; block style; printed kaisho typeface
printed, semi-cursive, and cursive scripts
The kanji 楷 originally referred to a type of tree (Chinese pistache) and later came to denote the standard script style, possibly by metaphorical extension from the tree's straight, upright form.