Simplified Chinese characters

Published October 15, 2010 | By Bman

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the “tree” radical (), with four strokes.

Another example of the simplified character which has more strokes than the traditional character is (12 strokes) which when written in traditional Chinese is (11 strokes).

One peculiar simplification does not change the stroke count of the character at all, but is merely a swap in position of the left and right sides of the character. It is the Chinese character for “enough”, the traditional being and the simplified .

Distribution and use

Simplified Chinese characters on a sign in China

The People’s Republic of China, Singapore and Malaysia generally use simplified characters. They appear very sparingly in printed text produced in Hong Kong, Macau, the Republic of China, and overseas Chinese communities, although they are becoming more prevalent as China opens to the world. Conversely, the mainland is

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