To Learn Traditional or Simplified Characters？

It is a question that has baffled many a foreigner when they first start their Chinese-learning journey.

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发布时间：2019-07-19

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It is a question that has baffled many a foreigner when they first start their Chinese-learning journey.

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To learn traditional or simplified characters? It is a question that has baffled many a foreigner when they first start their Chinese-learning journey. Of course, Chinese characters plays a crucial role in the language so this is a pretty important decision!
To Learn Traditional or Simplified Characters？

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So, where are simplified
and traditional characters used？
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Traditional characters are more complicated because they involve more strokes than simplified characters. Traditional characters are exactly that: traditional. They have been used for over 3000 years. Simplified characters were invented in the 1950s when the Chinese government wanted to simplify the writing system in order to decrease rates of illiteracy across China. Nowadays, traditional characters are seldom used on the mainland.

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What is the difference between traditional characters and simplified characters?
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In mainland China simplified characters are predominately used. However, once you venture further into the Chinese-speaking world, the characters vary. Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau (and Japan!) all retain traditional characters. Though places with overseas Chinese communities such as Singapore and Malaysia still use simplified characters, they are still different to the mainland simplified characters. Though this may seem very confusing, this doesn’t mean however that the other systems will be completely incomprehensible. Often Chinese people can still decipher the meaning of the character in the other styles.

05
Which should you learn ?
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Whilst learning characters is highly recommended when learning Chinese, the form of the characters is entirely up to you! It depends on where you want to go and your objectives for studying Chinese.

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