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Cursive script (East Asia)

Cursive script (simplified Chinese: 草书; traditional Chinese: 草書; pinyin: cǎoshū; Japanese: 草書体, sōshotai; Korean: 초서, choseo; Vietnamese: thảo thư), often referred to as grass script, is a script style used in Chinese and East Asian calligraphy. It is an umbrella term for the cursive variants of the clerical script and the regular script.

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Bopomofo
ㄘㄠˇ ㄕㄨ
Hangul
초서
Hanja
草書
Hanyu Pinyin
cǎoshū
Hokkien POJ
chhó-chir/chhó-su
IPA
[tsʰàʊ.ʂú]

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Cursive script (East Asia)

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples22
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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Transcriptions · 3
Cursive script (East Asia) → TranscriptionsRevised Romanizationchoseo, TranscriptionsRomanizationsōshotai, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyincǎoshūBopomofoㄘㄠˇ ㄕㄨWade–Gilests'ao3 shu1IPA[tsʰàʊ.ʂú]WuRomanization5tshau-sy1HakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳchhó-sûYue: CantoneseJyutpingcou2 syu1…
Romanization · 2
Cursive script (East Asia) → 5tshau-sy1, sōshotai
Bopomofo · 1
Cursive script (East Asia) → ㄘㄠˇ ㄕㄨ
Hangul · 1
Cursive script (East Asia) → 초서
Hanja · 1
Cursive script (East Asia) → 草書
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Cursive script (East Asia) → cǎoshū
Hokkien POJ · 1
Cursive script (East Asia) → chhó-chir/chhó-su
Hán-Nôm · 1
Cursive script (East Asia) → .mw-parser-output .vi-nom{font-family:"Han-Nom Gothic","Nom Na Tong","Han-Nom Ming","Han-Nom Minh","HAN NOM A","HAN NOM B","Han-Nom Kai","TH-Khaai-TP0","TH-Khaai-TP2","TH-Khaai-…
IPA · 1
Cursive script (East Asia) → [tsʰàʊ.ʂú]
Jyutping · 1
Cursive script (East Asia) → cou2 syu1

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cursive script chinese pinyin japanese calligraphy 草書 characters style standard early character forms styles clerical read draft simplified modern also

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Cursive script (East Asia)Bopomofoㄘㄠˇ ㄕㄨ1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Hangul초서1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Hanja草書1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Hanyu Pinyincǎoshū1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Hokkien POJchhó-chir/chhó-su1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Hán-Nôm.mw-parser-output .vi-nom{font-family:"Han-Nom Gothic","Nom Na Tong","Han-Nom Ming","Han-Nom Minh","HAN NOM A","HAN NOM B","Han-Nom Kai","TH-Khaai-TP0","TH-Khaai-TP2","TH-Khaai-…1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)IPA[tsʰàʊ.ʂú]1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Jyutpingcou2 syu11.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Kanaそうしょたい1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Kanji草書体1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Literal meaningdraft script1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Pha̍k-fa-sṳchhó-sû1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Revised Romanizationchoseo1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Romanization5tshau-sy11.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Romanizationsōshotai1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Simplified Chinese草书1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Traditional Chinese草書1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyincǎoshūBopomofoㄘㄠˇ ㄕㄨWade–Gilests'ao3 shu1IPA[tsʰàʊ.ʂú]WuRomanization5tshau-sy1HakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳchhó-sûYue: CantoneseJyutpingcou2 syu1…1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised Romanizationchoseo1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationsōshotai1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Vietnamesethảo thư, chữ thảo1.00infobox
Cursive script (East Asia)Wade–Gilests'ao3 shu11.00infobox

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