Simplified Chinese characters

Standardized set of Chinese characters This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Simplified Chinese characters" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article may contain original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (April 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Simplified ChineseScript type Logographic Published 19561964197719882013 Period1956–presentDirection Left-to-right Top-to-bottom, columns right-to-left Official scriptChinaSingaporeLanguagesChineseRelated scriptsParent systemsOracle bone scriptSmall seal scriptClerical scriptRegular scriptSimplified ChineseSister systemsTraditional charactersKanjiChữ NômHanjaKhitan large scriptKhitan small scriptBopomofoISO