Examination of the simplified characters adopted in the People's Republic of China shows that all such characters have been created based on phonetic, graphic or semantic principles. This paper discusses phonetic simplification and lists characters followed by their simpler forms. (CHK)

This paper compares the simplified characters of China, Japan and Singapore, based on China's list of 2295 simplified characters. Charts summarize the comparisons by numbers of characters in each country, and a comparative table lists and illustrates simplified characters in these countries. Taiwanese forms are summarized separately. (CHK)