The ''List of Commonly Used Characters in Modern Chinese'' () is a list of 7,000 commonly used
Chinese character
Chinese characters () are logograms developed for the writing of Chinese. In addition, they have been adapted to write other East Asian languages, and remain a key component of the Japanese writing system where they are known as ''kanj ...
s in
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
. It was created in 1988 in the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
The ''List of Frequently Used Characters in Modern Chinese'' () is a sub-list of 3,500 frequently used
Chinese character
Chinese characters () are logograms developed for the writing of Chinese. In addition, they have been adapted to write other East Asian languages, and remain a key component of the Japanese writing system where they are known as ''kanj ...
s in
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
.
In 2013, the ''
Table of General Standard Chinese Characters
The ''Table of General Standard Chinese Characters'' () is the current standard list of 8,105 Chinese characters published by the government of the People's Republic of China and promulgated in June 2013. Of the characters included, 3,500 are ...
'' has replaced the ''List of Commonly Used Characters in Modern Chinese'' as the standard for Chinese characters in the People's Republic of China.
References
External links
* Alternativ
lists of common Chinese characters at Learnchineseok.comFrequency listCJK-CODE
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1988 documents