Questions about the differences between the Traditional and the Simplified form.
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How did 葉 (leaf as in vegetation) become 叶 when it was simplified?
This is a spin-off question from this one "Determine radicals for simplified characters that lost their traditional form completely" where radicals for simplified characters were discussed.
Now, the ...
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Is any simplified character also a traditional character?
I don't mean traditional characters that weren't simplified, thus being the same in traditional and simplified.
What I ask if there is any simplified character which in turn has the same form of ...
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How does Wikipedia's simplified to traditional converter work?
The relationship between simplified and traditional characters can be a headache for organizations using both orthographies.
"A number of surveys, such as [Xiandai 1986], have demonstrated that
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Is the traditional character for 雪 the same as itself?
Is the traditional character for ?
Or are both and considered the same character (汉字) with simply different font styles?
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Learning Traditional first with the goal of learning both
I found this in the Mandarin wikibook:
"It is considered easier for people who learn Traditional to read both sets than people who learn Simplified only, but Simplified characters are less ...
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What are the relative literacy rates in for simplified and traditional characters?
I'm trying to decide whether it would be better to use traditional or simplified characters for an iPhone game I'm making. If something is written in traditional, how many people will be able to read ...
