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The List of Commonly Used Characters in Modern Chinese is a list of 7,000 commonly used Simplified Chinese character
s in Chinese
. It was created in 1988 in the People's Republic of China
.
It is comparable to the Standard Form of National Characters
in Taiwan.
characters and many characters substituted for other characters. These are collectively called Simplified Chinese characters.
Among characters that are not newly created or substituted, most are orthodox variants. A few common vulgar variants have been adopted. For example:
Among characters that are not newly created or substituted, most are orthodox variants. A few common vulgar variants have been adopted. For example:
Other characteristics include that:
s in Chinese
.
Simplified Chinese character
Simplified Chinese characters are standardized Chinese characters prescribed in the Xiandai Hanyu Tongyong Zibiao for use in Mainland China. Along with traditional Chinese characters, it is one of many standard character sets of the contemporary Chinese written language...
s in Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
. It was created in 1988 in the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
.
It is comparable to the Standard Form of National Characters
Standard Form of National Characters
The Standard Form of National Characters is a standardized form of Chinese characters set by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China.-Characteristics:...
in Taiwan.
Simplified Chinese characters
In the standardized character forms, most noticeable is that they contain newly created regular scriptRegular script
Regular script , also called 正楷 , 真書 , 楷体 and 正書 , is the newest of the Chinese script styles Regular script , also called 正楷 , 真書 (zhēnshū), 楷体 (kǎitǐ) and 正書 (zhèngshū), is the newest of the Chinese script styles Regular script , also called 正楷 , 真書 (zhēnshū), 楷体 (kǎitǐ) and 正書 (zhèngshū), is...
characters and many characters substituted for other characters. These are collectively called Simplified Chinese characters.
Among characters that are not newly created or substituted, most are orthodox variants. A few common vulgar variants have been adopted. For example:
- This character is an extremely common vulgar variant, having appeared as early as the Han DynastyHan DynastyThe Han Dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms . It was founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty of the former regent Wang Mang...
, and being more common than 來 in writing. The Taiwan standardStandard Form of National CharactersThe Standard Form of National Characters is a standardized form of Chinese characters set by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China.-Characteristics:...
and Hong Kong standard use the orthodox 來.
Xin Zixing
The structural characteristics of characters in this standard is called .Among characters that are not newly created or substituted, most are orthodox variants. A few common vulgar variants have been adopted. For example:
- Like the Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japanese standardJoyo kanjiThe is the guide to kanji characters announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Current jōyō kanji are those on a list of 2,136 characters issued in 2010...
, this standard adopts a common vulgar variant instead of the orthodox .
Other characteristics include that:
- Unlike other standards, this standard writes the component 儿 as ハ in when there are other components under it, such as in . Some instances are written as 几, such as in .
- Some instances of horizontal lines in most standards are written as a dot (丶) in this standard, such as in
- Like the Japanese standard, both sides of the radical are merged into .
Xiandai Hanyu Changyong Zibiao
List of Frequently Used Characters in Modern Chinese is a sub-list of 3,500 frequently used Simplified Chinese characterSimplified Chinese character
Simplified Chinese characters are standardized Chinese characters prescribed in the Xiandai Hanyu Tongyong Zibiao for use in Mainland China. Along with traditional Chinese characters, it is one of many standard character sets of the contemporary Chinese written language...
s in Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
.