Singapore Chinese characters
The development of Singapore's Chinese characters can be divided into three periods:
- Before 1969 : Used Traditional Chinese characters
- 1969-1976: The Ministry of Education promulgated the Table of Simplified Characters (simplified Chinese: 简体字表; traditional Chinese: 簡體字表; pinyin: jiăntǐzì biǎo), which differed from the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme of the People's Republic of China
- After 1976: fully adopted the Simplified Chinese characters of the People's Republic of China. In 1977, the second attempt to simplify the characters was stopped, ending the long period of confusion associated with simplification.
1969 Table of Simplified Characters
The 1969 Table of Simplified Characters was also known as the "502 Table of Simplified Characters" or simply "502". This table listed a total of 502 commonly used Simplified Characters. It contains 11 characters unique to Singapore, 38 characters simplified in different ways compared to that of mainland China, and 29 characters whose left or right radical were not simplified.
Simplification examples are as follows:
- 要 → 𡚩
- 信 → 伩
- 窗 → 囪
- 貌 → 皃
- 嘴 → 咀
- 留 → 畄
- 答 → 荅
- 覆 → 覄
- 算 → 祘
- 解 → 觧
- 剎 → 杀
Different ways of simplification as compared to those of Mainland China
- 槟 → 梹
- 拨 → 𫝼
- 场 → 㘯
- 斗 → 鬥（not simplified for the meaning of "fight"）
- 读 → 讀（upper right: 士 lower right: 头）
- 谏 → 諫（right part should be the right part of 拣）
- 恶 → 悪
- 发 → 発
- 飞 → 飛（exterior: 飞 interior: 去）
- 废 → 廃
- 无 → 無（actually 丿一二厶）
- 芜 → 蕪（actually 艹丿一二厶）
- 抚 → 撫（actually 扌丿一二厶）
- 复 → 覄
- 关 → 𬮦
- 国 → 囯
- 划 → 㓰
- 开 → 𫔭
- 裤 → 衭
- 来 → 耒
- 丽 → 丽（upper part is two lines instead of one）
- 卖 → 卖（upper part: 士 lower part: 头）
- 泼 → 溌
- 让 → 誏
- 赛 → 𡧳
- 狮 → 𤞏
- 赎 → 贖（upper right: 士 lower right: 头）
- 肃 → 粛
- 岁 → 歲（top: 止 bottom: ⺀ (two dots)）
- 台 → 枱（meaning "table"）
- 团 → 團（outside: 囗 inside: 专）
- 萧 → 䔥
- 箫 → 簘
- 续 → 續（upper right: 士 lower right: 头）
- 亚 → 亜
- 杂 → 亲（actually should be left part of 雜）
- 职 → 聀
- 纸 → 帋
Radicals which are not simplified
- 纲 → 䋄
- 经 → 糹（+ right part）
- 练 → 糹（+ right part）
- 绳 → 䋲
- 线 → 糹（+ right part）
- 药 → 葯
- 绘 → 絵
- 继 → 継
- 织 → 𥿗
- 观 → 覌
- 觉 → 覚
- 览 → 見（+ upper part）
- 缆 → 見（+ 糹 and upper right part）
- 贱 → 貝（+ right part）
- 质 → 貭
- 颈 → 頁（+ left part）
- 饥 → 飢
- 讥 → 訁（+ right part）
- 讲 → 訁（+ right part）
- 识 → 䛊
- 译 → 訁（+ right part）
- 议 → 訁（+ right part）
- 证 → 証
- 鸡 → 鳮
- 骄 → 馬（+ right part）
- 验 → 馬（+ right part）
- 钱 → 釒（+ right part）
- 铁 → 鉄
- 钟 → 鈡
References
- 新加坡汉字规范的回顾与前瞻 (The overview and prospect of standardizing Singapore's Chinese Characters)
- 新加坡与中国调整简体字的评骘 (The evaluation of the adjustment of Simplified Characters in Singapore and China)
See also
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