The xin zixing () is a

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form of

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set in

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based on the 1964 "List of character forms of Common Chinese characters for Publishing" () as compared to ''

jiu zixing Jiu zixing (), also known as inherited glyphs form (), or traditional glyph form (, not to be confused with Traditional Chinese), is a traditional printing orthography form of Chinese character which uses the orthodox forms, mainly referring t ...

'' (). The standard is based on

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(Chinese: 楷書) and popular characters, and changes are made to the printed version of Song (Ming) typefaces. This standard not only covers the

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, but also

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, which makes it different from other standards.

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font that is pre-installed in Windows system uses this standard, which shows variation with other regional standards like

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and KaiU of Taiwan, and even with the regular script version of SimKai which is the written version of character standard for China.

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also made changes to the printed version of Ming (Song) typefaces, which varies greatly than the Table of common Chinese character in printing press and featuring drastic changes to the Ming typefaces, e.g. changing ⻍/辶 to ⻎. The usage of calling the Standard Form of National Characters as ''xin zixing'' is more notable in Traditional Chinese areas.

Characteristics

''Note: Viewing this section correctly requires certain standard typefaces to be installed and the browser to be configured to use them in appropriate contexts.'' The ''xin zixing'' has adopted various popular forms of its characters. For example: * The orthodox form of this character has 君 above 羊, i.e. 羣. * The orthodox form of this character has 山 above 夆, i.e. 峯. * The orthodox form of this character has 亼 above 卩, i.e. . ** Derived new characters: (), / (), etc. * The orthodox form of this character is . ** Derived new characters: (), / (), etc. * The orthodox form of this character is . ** Derived new characters: (), (), etc. * The orthodox form of this character is . * The orthodox form of this character is (3 strokes become 2 strokes). * The orthodox form of this character is (4 strokes become 3 strokes). * The orthodox form of this character is . However, it does adopt certain more orthodox variants, compared to the

and

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standards: * the vulgar form of this character is and the orthodox form of this character is with the second and fourth strokes pointing out.

Standards

* List of character forms of Common Chinese characters for Publishing (1965) () is the first version of xin zixing. * List of General Used Characters in Modern Chinese (1988) () defines the number of Chinese characters that should be used and the difference between Simplified and Traditional Chinese. The second version of xin zixing is defined in the appendix of Xiandai Hanyu Tongyong Zibiao and Xiandai Hanyu Changyong Zibiao. * List of Generally Used Standardized Chinese characters (2013) ()通用规范汉字表
/ref> defines the number of Chinese characters that should be used and the difference between Simplified and Traditional Chinese. The third version of xin zixing is defined in the appendix of List of Generally Used Standardized Chinese characters.

Characteristics

Standards

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