Before simplification, Chinese characters were all traditional characters. After simplification, it becomes such a Chinese character. In Taiwan Province Province and other areas, traditional Chinese characters are still used.
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Traditional Chinese has a history of more than three thousand years. Until 1956, it was a standard Chinese character widely used by Chinese people all over the world.
There are two main types of simplification of Chinese characters: one is the simplification of traditional Chinese strokes, such as Yi (traditional Chinese character: Yi), Xun (traditional Chinese character: Xun), Yi (traditional Chinese character: Yi) and Cheng (traditional Chinese character: Zhong).
1In August, 935, the Ministry of Education of the National Government published the first list of simplified Chinese characters, which included 324 popular folk characters, ancient Chinese characters and cursive characters. However, due to disputes, the first list of simplified Chinese characters was withdrawn in February of the following year ... The first simplified Chinese character scheme and word list officially announced by the government and successfully implemented was the simplified Chinese character scheme announced by China people * * * and the State Council in 1956, and finally a summary table of simplified Chinese characters was formulated.
At present, Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan still use traditional Chinese characters, while overseas Chinese communities such as Singapore and Malaysia mostly use traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters. In Chinese mainland, traditional Chinese characters are preserved or used in the case of cultural relics, surnames, calligraphy seal cutting, handwritten inscriptions and special needs.
200 1 1 The implementation of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Common Languages and Characters clearly stipulates the promotion of standardized Chinese characters in China, and also clarifies the scope of traditional Chinese characters. On June 5th, 20 13, the schedule of Chinese Characters for General Norms, Comparison Table of Standardized Characters, Traditional Characters and Variant Characters was published. The use of Chinese characters in general application field shall be subject to the Standard Chinese Character List.
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