In Chinese, simplified characters are referred to by their official name 简化字; jiǎnhuàzì, or colloquially as 简体字; jiǎntǐzì . The latter term refers broadly to all character variants featuring simplifications of character form or … See more

Background
According to Chinese palaeographer Qiu Xigui, the broadest trend in the evolution of Chinese … See more

The People's Republic of China and Singapore generally use simplified characters. They appear very sparingly in texts originating in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese communities, although they are becoming more prevalent as … See more

Author Liu Shahe was an outspoken critic of the simplification of Chinese characters. He wrote a dedicated column entitled "Simplified … See more

Structural simplification of characters All characters simplified this way are enumerated in Charts 1 and 2 of the 1986 Complete List of … See more

In general, schools in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore use simplified characters exclusively, while schools in Hong Kong, … See more

In computer text applications, the GB encoding scheme most often renders simplified Chinese characters, while Big5 most often renders traditional characters. Although neither … See more