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Questions tagged [simplified-characters]

For questions about simplified Chinese characters (standardized in printing since the 1950s in mainland China). Not merely for questions which happen to be written in simplified Chinese.

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Why was 滾 (gǔn) simplified to 滚?

Why was the traditional character 滾 simplified to 滚? It's only one stroke less so it seems doubtful that it was done to make the character simpler to write. Does it change the meaning of the character in some way or is there any other logical reason…
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Are there any original sources documenting the simplification process?

I am familiar with the most common ways characters are simplified, but sometimes I am not completely sure what the thought process was. For example, with 邊 to 边, 力 is not a novel phonetic component, nor does it resemble the 草书 form of 邊, and as far…
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Writing in Chinese - What rules are there for handwriting vs printed

I've recently found out that I've been incorrectly writing a lot of Chinese characters Examples: 口日目 I've been writing them with the little feet (not sure of a better name for them) but have been told that they are written without them. Other…
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What is the appropriate response to "Your Chinese is so good!"

A lot of the time, Chinese people will respond to a foreigner speaking Chinese with "wow your Chinese is so good!" What is a polite way to respond without sounding rude or full of yourself? Especially when you have studied Chinese for multiple years…
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Why was 幸 simplified to 扌in 報(⿰幸) to 报(⿰扌)?

The simplification of 報(⿰幸) to 报(⿰扌) is slightly peculiar. The particularly intriguing area is in the simplification of the left-hand side, with 幸 being simplified into 扌. There is another similar instance with 執 being simplified to 执. Another 幸 to…
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What are the earliest examples of "simplification"?

It seems that there are many "simplifications" in cursive that have existed for far longer than Simplified Chinese characters have. There are some mentions of this here: How do I find the rules used to create the simplified version of the…
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How to write "Everyone" in Chinese？

Can anyone tell me how to write to "everyone" in Chinese. The symbol to write "everyone ". In a video they showed it to write people symbol 2 times. But when I am searching on Google it is not correct.
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Why is the Chinese word "girl" or "女" not showing up on pinyin

The correct pinyin of girl in Nu, but when you type nu in none of the first searches are "Nu", or even if u type just "n" for that matter. Why does it not appear, as it is a pretty common word.
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Is this sentence right ? 用两个语言把自己介绍

I'm making a video which I speak a few words about myself in two languages. I want to have a Chinese title for it. 1- 用 (使用/通过) 两个语言把自己介绍 2- 用(使用/通过) 两个语言把自己介绍 3- 用 (使用/通过) 两个语言来介绍自己 4- 用(使用/通过)两个语言介绍自己 Which one is correct ? or any other…
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The characters I face in alipay

大家好， I wanted to know what does what is the exact meaning of 专区 in 5G专区，I saw it in alipay, I search in dictionary but it does not have any sense to me, can someone explain when I should use 专区。 Thanks.
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The usage of 的 at the end of the sentence

（那件衣服可不是我洗的）我洗衣服很干净的。 Can someone try to explain to me the function of 的 at The end the sentence "我洗衣服很干净的"? Shouldn't it have been “我衣服洗得很干净”. Does “我洗衣服很干净的” follow any pattern/structure? Thank you.
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What is this word? 丒

stumbled across this word 丒 and have no clue what it is. Context is 辛丒 Can anyone tell me how to spell it, and most importantly what does it mean? Thanks!
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Can one chinese character represent many different words?

Take a look at this character https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqtm=0&wdqcham=1&wdqt=%E5%87%A0 几 It has 3 meanings and has a different tone If it's true that one character can represent other words, please show me…
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Has "⿰面了" been suggested as a analogical simplification of 䩍?

I was looking at: 䩍. I figured there might have been an analogical simplification suggested that looked something like: "⿰面了". Zisea doesn't offer any variant characters. Baidu offers zero results for a search of "⿰面了". Google gives two results for…
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Which one out of these two sentences is the most natural?

“我们一起去海滩吧！” or “让我们一起去海滩”??? *** I asked a native speaker about this the other day and he told me that using "让" sounds "too serious". But then today when I asked another native speaker about this, he told me that it'd be just natural and fine to…
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