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中国字 zhōnɡɡuózì noun Chinese characters 中国文字Ideograms used for writing Chinese, also used historically in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. A single character represents a single syllable, and has a basic meaning. The Kangxi Dictionary (《康熙字典》) in the Qing Dynasty recorded more than 47,000 characters. Today, An Unbridged Chinese Dictionary on Historical Principles (《汉语大词典》) has about 22,700 characters, although only about six or seven thousand characters are commonly used. Simplified characters were introduced in the mainland in 1956 and 1964 to increase literacy. Traditional forms are still used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and many overseas Chinese communities. |