Officially adopted shortly after the 1949 revolution

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From Traditional to Simplified

• Officially adopted shortly after the 1949
  revolution
• Official reason was to reduce illiteracy, though
  also had political overtones
• Used in China and Singapore, while Taiwan and
  Hong Kong use traditional characters
• About 2000 characters simplified
• Simplified means reducing the number of strokes
• Various methods were utilized to create the set
  of simplified characters

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From Traditional to Simplified

• Commonly used quick ways of writing
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From Traditional to Simplified

• Retaining only one element of the traditional
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From Traditional to Simplified

• Replace the characters phonetic element with a
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From Traditional to Simplified

• In some cases, one simplified character replaces
  several traditional characters
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From Traditional to Simplified

• Another round of simplifications was instituted
  in 1977, but proved so unpopular that it was
  retracted in 1986.
• There is, among some people, a resurgence in the
  popularity of traditional characters.
• You need to be able to recognize both.

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Traditional to Simplified Review Quiz
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Traditional Pinyin Meaning Simplified
? yan2 word speech ? ?
? men2 door ? ?
? che1 car vehicle ? ?
? mi thread fabric ? ?
? jian4 see ? ?
? bei shell money ? ?
? ye4 page face ? ?
? shi2 food ? ?
? jin1 gold metal ? ?
? ma3 horse ? ?
? niao3 bird ? ?
? qiang bed ? ?