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Thread: UN to Stop Using Traditional Chinese Characters
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[quote=KPHORNELL,324932]There is no added difficulty in reading traditional characters, in fact in many instances they are easier to differentiate from one another. Chinese characters are one of the main foundations of Chinese culture. It might be of interest for you to know that the Communist government of China wanted to get rid of characters altogther, which later proved to be an impossible goal. If you have any understanding of Chinese characters and their roots, you can easily see that many simplifications were carried out in an incredibly inconsistent fashion. Moreover, many characters were entirely recreated which severs any and all times to their origins. Take for example the character Ting, meaning to listen. The traditional form uses the ear radical indicating that we use our ears to listen. The simplified form uses the mouth radical. Now, do we use our ears or mouths to listen?[/quote]
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