簡化字

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See also: 简化字

Chinese

		to simplify	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (簡化字)		簡化	字
simp. (简化字)		简化	字

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簡化字 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
簡化字 (Cantonese)
簡化字 (Classical)
Gāng-huá-cê (Eastern Min)
Kán-hòa-jī (Southern Min)
簡化字 (Wu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎnhuàzì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan² faa³ zi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnhuàzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnhuàzìh
  - Wade–Giles: chien³-hua⁴-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: jyǎn-hwà-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanhuahtzyh
  - Palladius: цзяньхуацзы (czjanʹxuaczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaan² faa³ zi⁶
  - Yale: gáan fa jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaan² faa³ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gan² fa³ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn³⁵ faː³³ t͡siː²²/

Noun

簡化字

simplified Chinese character (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
「华」是「華」字的簡化字。 [MSC, trad.]
「华」是「華」字的简化字。 [MSC, simp.]
“huá” shì “huá” zì de jiǎnhuàzì.
华 is the simplified character for the character 華.

有時候一個簡化字會對應多個繁體字。 [MSC, trad.]
有时候一个简化字会对应多个繁体字。 [MSC, simp.]
Yǒushíhòu yī ge jiǎnhuàzì huì duìyìng duō ge fántǐzì.
Sometimes a simplified character may correspond to several traditional characters.
Chinese characters that are used to write Simplified Chinese, whether simplified or not; Simplified Chinese
除了中國內地，新加坡也使用簡化字。 [MSC, trad.]
除了中国内地，新加坡也使用简化字。 [MSC, simp.]
Chúle Zhōngguó nèidì, Xīnjiāpō yě shǐyòng jiǎnhuàzì.
Other than mainland China, Singapore also uses Simplified Chinese.

See also

簡體字／简体字 (jiǎntǐzì)
簡字／简字 (jiǎnzì)
規範字／规范字 (guīfànzì, “standardized Chinese characters that are used to write Simplified Chinese (whether simplified or not)”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
簡	化	字
かん Grade: 6	か Grade: 3	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 簡化字／简化字 (jiǎnhuàzì).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんかじ (Heiban – )^[1]
(Tokyo) かんかじ (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

簡(かん)化(か)字(じ) • (kankaji)

Simplified Chinese character(s); Simplified Chinese

Synonyms

簡体字(かんたいじ) (kantaiji)

Antonyms

繁体字(はんたいじ) (hantaiji): traditional chinese characters
正体字(せいたいじ) (seitaiji): traditional chinese characters

See also

規範字(きはんじ) (kihanji, “standardized Chinese characters that are used to write Simplified Chinese (whether simplified or not)”)
新字体(しんじたい) (shinjitai)
旧字体(きゅうじたい) (kyūjitai)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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