What are standard words?

The so-called standardized Chinese characters refer to regular Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters and inherited Chinese characters that have been sorted and simplified and officially published by the state in the form of word lists.

1, the standard words are based on the words selected from the first list of variant characters published by 1955 Ministry of Culture and China Language Reform Commission, such as "one" is the variant of "bed" and "desire" is the variant of "desire". , they are no longer used.

2. The simplified characters shall be subject to the simplified characters included in the Summary of Simplified Characters, which was re-published in the State Council in June 1986+00. It is recognized that traditional Chinese characters are nonstandard characters. Generally, it is not used in public places, such as "book" is a traditional Chinese character of "book" and is no longer used (except for reprinting and publishing ancient books, cultural relics and calligraphy works).

3. Inherited words refer to words that have been handed down from history and are still in use, and have not been simplified or need to be simplified. Such as: man, knife, earth, big, small, mountain, Sichuan, king, field, sun, moon and so on.

Extended data:

Non-standard characters mainly refer to: traditional characters and variant characters.

Article 17 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Common Language and Characters stipulates the circumstances in which traditional Chinese characters and variant Chinese characters are allowed to be retained or used:

1, cultural relics;

2. Variants in surnames;

3. Calligraphy, seal cutting and other works of art;

4. Handwritten inscriptions and signboards;

5, publishing, teaching and scientific research need to use;

6 special circumstances approved by the relevant departments of the State Council.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Standardize Chinese Characters