traditional Chinese characters
late imperial Chinese characters, namely used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau
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Summary
traditional Chinese characters is a logographic writing system[1]. It draws 8,725 Wikipedia views per month (logographic writing system category, ranking #3 of 12).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Taiwan[3], People's Republic of China[4], Philippines[5], United States[6], Singapore[7]
- Instance of: natural writing system[8], unicase alphabet[9]
- Based on: clerical script[10]
- Subclass of: Chinese characters[11]
- Part of: Traditional Chinese[12]
- Commons category: Traditional Chinese characters[13]
- Language of work or name: Chinese[14]
- Opposite of: simplified Chinese characters[15]
- Inception: 500[16]
- Partially coincident with: orthodox Chinese character[17]
- Script directionality: bi-directional text[18], left-to-right[19], top-to-bottom[20], vertical right-to-left[21]
- Used by: Traditional Chinese[22]
- Native label: 繁體字[23], 正體字[24], 繁体字[25]
- Different from: legacy Chinese character[26], Traditional Chinese[27]
- Name: Han (Traditional variant)[28], idéogrammes han (variante traditionnelle)[29], 繁体字[30]
Why It Matters
traditional Chinese characters has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]