Simplified Chinese characters

Published October 15, 2010 | By Bman

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a newly created and simpler character:

& ; & ; & ; etc.

Systematically simplifying character components, so that all characters that use a given component are simplified in the same way:

; ; ; etc.

; ; ; etc.

Note that there are exceptions to the rules that simplify character components. Using the rule given above as an example, the exceptions include and .

Since traditional characters are sometimes merged, confusion may arise when Classical Chinese texts are printed in simplified characters. In rare instances, simplified characters actually became one or two strokes more complex than their traditional counterparts due to logical revision. An example of this is mapping to the previously existing variant form . Note that the “hand” radical on the left (), with three strokes, is replaced with

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