CHINESE 2MA Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Simplified Chinese Characters, Traditional Chinese Characters
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Chinese 2ma lecture 1 simplified vs traditional chinese characters. *if you"re trying to learn chinese, it"s assumed you have chinese characters downloaded. Chinese ministry of education: to promote literacy among the working class and farmers. They may be fluent in speech, but they cannot read or write. Proceed in two lines: reduction in the total number of characters, reduction in the number of strokes per character. Radicals: total number of radicals reduced, 214 189. Goals: promote literacy, make writing easier, mao"s unification of chinese people and education. Sleeping tiger wake up and take on the world. Yeah, i mean, look at how much debt the us owes now. Results: literacy rates in china have gone up, but it divided written language into two factions. Makes life tougher for students studying chinese. Optimizing efficiency in every word is just not possible. Overall, it"s a pretty good alternative, but not fully solid. I use traditional more often than not (naught?)
