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Simplified Chinese characters

Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters. Their widespread adoption during the 20th century was part of efforts by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to promote literacy. Today, they are the standard forms used in mainland China, Malaysia…

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Bopomofo
ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄗˋ · ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧˇ ㄗˋ
Direction
Left-to-right · Top-to-bottom, columns right-to-left
Hanyu Pinyin
Jiǎnhuàzì · Jiǎntǐzì
IPA
[tɕjɛ̀n.xwâ.tsɹ̩̂] · [kan˧˥ fa˧ tsi˨] · [tɕjɛ̀n.tʰì.tsɹ̩̂] · [kan˧˥ tʰɐj˧˥ tsi˨]
Jyutping
Gaan2 faa3 zi6 · Gaan2 tai2 zi6
Languages
Chinese

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Simplified Chinese characters

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples172
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021053
Components1

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related to Further reading · 19
Simplified Chinese characters → Accordance, Appendix Containing, Bergman, CA, Chen, Chinese-English Dictionary, Heian, Huoping, ISBN, New, New American Library, New York, Official Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, Original Complex Characters, Peter, The Basic English-Chinese, Torrance, Transliterated, Using Simplified Characters
related to Mainland China · 18
Simplified Chinese characters → As, Big5, Characters, China, Chinese, For, Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland, National Common Language, People's Daily, People's Republic, PRC, Taiwan, The Law, The PRC, Traditional, Xinhua
related to Since 1986 · 17
Simplified Chinese characters → Also, August, Chinese, Commonly Used Characters, General List, Generally Utilized Characters, In, It, List, Modern Chinese, No, Of, State Language Commission, That, The, The Chart, The Chinese
related to Use with computers · 15
Simplified Chinese characters → Although, As, Big-5, Big5, Chinese, East Asian, GB, In, It, Japanese, Korean, Newer, Since, The, Unicode
related to In education · 10
Simplified Chinese characters → China, Chinese, Hong Kong, In, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Today, United States
related to Hong Kong · 9
Simplified Chinese characters → Chinese, Hong Kong, Hong Konger, Hongkongers, However, Instead, Mainland China, Textbooks, The
Sister systems · 7
Simplified Chinese characters → Bopomofo, Chữ Nôm, Hanja, Kanji, Khitan large script, Khitan small script, Traditional characters
related to External links · 7
Simplified Chinese characters → Andrew West, CharactersStroke Order Animation, Dictionary, Encode Obsolete Simplified Chinese, Proposal, Simplified Chinese CharactersSimplified, Traditional Chinese Conversion Table
related to Internet usage · 7
Simplified Chinese characters → Chinese, Consortium, Content-Language, Hansas, Internationalization, The World Wide Web, W3C
see also · 6
Simplified Chinese characters → Ambiguities, Character Simplification SchemeSecond, Chinese, Language, Shinjitai, Simplified

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characters simplified chinese traditional character china used use forms list chart simplification also mainland hong standard singapore components kong set

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Simplified Chinese charactersBopomofoㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄗˋ1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersBopomofoㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄊㄧˇ ㄗˋ1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersDirectionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersDirectionTop-to-bottom, columns right-to-left1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersHanyu PinyinJiǎnhuàzì1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersHanyu PinyinJiǎntǐzì1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersIPA[tɕjɛ̀n.xwâ.tsɹ̩̂]1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersIPA[kan˧˥ fa˧ tsi˨]1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersIPA[tɕjɛ̀n.tʰì.tsɹ̩̂]1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersIPA[kan˧˥ tʰɐj˧˥ tsi˨]1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Hans (501), ​Han (Simplified variant)1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersJyutpingGaan2 faa3 zi61.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersJyutpingGaan2 tai2 zi61.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersLanguagesChinese1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersOfficial scriptChina1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersOfficial scriptSingapore1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersParent systemsSmall seal scriptClerical scriptRegular scriptSimplified Chinese1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersParent systemsClerical scriptRegular scriptSimplified Chinese1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersParent systemsRegular scriptSimplified Chinese1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersParent systemsSimplified Chinese1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersPeriod1956–present1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersPublished19561.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersPublished19641.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersPublished19771.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersPublished19881.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersPublished20131.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersScript typeLogographic1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersSimplified Chinese简化字1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersSimplified Chinese简体字1.00infobox
Simplified Chinese charactersSister systemsTraditional characters1.00infobox

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