Simplified Characters in the People's Republic of China, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan.

Chen, Virginia Wei-chieh

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ERIC Number: EJ160546

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Publication Date: 1977

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Simplified Characters in the People's Republic of China, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan

Chen, Virginia Wei-chieh

Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 12, 1, 63-75, Feb 77

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)

Descriptors: Chinese, Descriptive Linguistics, Ideography, Language Patterns, Language Planning, Language Standardization, Language Variation, Symbolic Language, Writing (Composition)

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Identifiers - Location: China; Japan; Singapore

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