簡化字

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

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 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

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• 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

1. 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. [Pinyin]

   华 is the simplified character for the [traditional] 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. [Pinyin]

   Sometimes a simplified character may correspond to several traditional characters.

2. 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. [Pinyin]

   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 [kàńkájí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) かんかじ [kàńkáꜜjì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋka̠ʑi]

Noun

簡(かん)化(か)字(じ) • (kankaji) 

1. 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

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