19/09/2019 · Here is one of our favourite examples, take the Chinese character for “enough”. NOTE – the traditional version is in brackets, to the right of the simplified version. Back to front! See what they did here, the traditional version of the simplified character is exactly the same, but just flipped from left to right.

14/02/2020 · Many of you have asked us what are the differences between Simplified and Traditional Chinese and which one should I learn. We heard you! In this video, Shao...

2) Simplified Chinese uses fewer characters than traditional Chinese. Approximately 1,027 traditional Chinese characters became obsolete after the simplification reforms. Reformers consolidated variant characters with the same meanings.

The difference between Traditional and Simplified Chinese The most noticeable difference between Traditional and Simplified Chinese is the characters. Traditional Chinese characters are made up of many linked and interrelated radicals, while Simplified Chinese characters appear to be clear and straightforward.

The key differences between the two versions are highlighted below: 1. Geographical differences. From a translation buyer’s perspective, the most important difference between Simplified and Traditional Chinese is that they are used in different target markets. Simplified Chinese is the more widely used version, as the written form of Chinese ...

The most noticeable difference between the Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese might be the appearance / structure of the characters. The Traditional characters are usually more complicated and use more strokes / radicals, while the Simplified characters are in simpler structure with fewer strokes.

19/06/2018 · A long, long time ago there were only traditional Characters and that’s the only way Chinese was written. Academics proposed other systems, such as “simplified Chinese” but none were adopted until the 1950s in mainland China. At the time, the literacy rates throughout China were terribly low and the idea was that maybe this was related to how ...

Some characters were replaced altogether in order to motivate more people to learn how to write. While Simplified Chinese took over mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong stayed with Traditional Chinese, which people have been using for thousands of years. Simplified Chinese itself has evolved over time, too.