Simplified Chinese characters

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romanizations in the 1930s. Today, however the traditional characters remain

Method of simplification

There are several methods in which characters were simplified:

Replacing complicated components of common characters with simpler shapes:

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Changing the phonetic:

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Omitting entire components:

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Using printed forms of cursive shapes (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: coshkihu):

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Adopting ancient forms that are simpler in form:

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Creating new radical-radical compounds:

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Creating new radical-phonetic compounds:

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Merging a character into another one that sounds the same or similar:

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Merging several characters into

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