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一yīModern simplified form (簡體). 一 (yī, "one") is identical in s…七qīThe character 七 (qī, "seven") has remained unchanged between…三sānSimplified Chinese (簡體). 三 (sān, "three") remains unchanged …上shàngModern simplified form (簡體). 上 (shàng, "above/up") appears u…下xiàModern simplified form (簡體). 下 (xià, "below/down") remains u…不bùModern simplified form (簡體). 不 (bù, "no/not") has remained v…业yè業 (yè, "profession, enterprise") descends from an ancient pi…东dōng東 (dōng, "east") evolved from an ancient pictograph of a bun…两liǎng兩 (liǎng, "two; a liang") evolved from a pictograph showing …个gèSimplified form 个 (gè) is a measure word so common it appear…中zhōngModern simplified form (簡體). 中 (zhōng, "middle, center") pre…为wéiThe traditional form 為 (wéi, "to do, to act") once depicted …久jiǔThe character久 (jiǔ, "long time; enduring") remained unchang…么móModern simplified form (簡體). 么 (mó) is a simplified characte…九jiǔModern simplified form (簡體). 九 (jiǔ, "nine") retains its anc…也yěSimplified form (簡體). 也 (yě, "also") looks the same in simpl…习xíThe traditional form 習 depicts a bird's wing (羽) spreading a…书shūThe traditional form 書 depicts a hand holding a brush, the a…买mǎi買 (mǎi, "to buy") transforms from the traditional 買 to simpl…了leModern simplified form (簡體). 了 (le) appears identical in sim…事shìModern simplified form (簡體). 事 (shì, "affair, matter") remai…二èrSimplified form (簡體). 二 (èr, "two") is identical in simplifi…五wǔModern simplified form (簡體). 五 (wǔ, "five") remains unchange…些xiēModern simplified form (簡體). 些 (xiē, "some, a few") appears …京jīngSimplified Chinese (簡體). 京 (jīng, "capital city") remains un…亮liàngModern simplified form (簡體). 亮 (liàng, "bright") appears ide…人rénModern simplified form (簡體). 人 (rén, "person") appears ident…什shíSimplified and traditional are identical for 什 (shí), a sema…今jīnModern simplified form (簡體). 今 (jīn, "today, now") remains u…他tāModern simplified form (簡體). 他 (tā, "he") remains unchanged …以yǐSimplified Chinese (簡體). 以 (yǐ, "to use; according to; with"…们men們 (men), the traditional plural marker, adds the door radica…件jiànModern simplified form (簡體). 件 (jiàn, "item, piece, matter")…休xiūThe character 休 (xiū, "to rest") takes the simplest possible…会huì會 (huì, "to meet; can, able") preserves its traditional form…但dànSimplified Chinese (簡體). 但 (dàn, "but/however") remains unch…住zhùModern simplified form (簡體). 住 (zhù, "to stay, to live") com…作zuòSimplified form (簡體). 作 (zuò, "to do, to make") remains unch…你nǐModern simplified form (簡體). 你 (nǐ, "you") remains unchanged…便biànThe character 便 (biàn, "convenient, then") combines the pers…候hòuSimplified form (簡體). 候 (hòu, "to wait, to attend to") remai…借jièSimplified form (簡體). 借 (jiè, "to borrow" or "to lend") pair…做zuòModern simplified form (簡體). 做 (zuò, "to do, to make") appea…傻shǎModern simplified form (簡體). 傻 (shǎ, "foolish, silly") appea…儿ér兒 (ér, "child") preserves an intimate portrait of infancy — …先xiānModern simplified form (簡體). 先 (xiān, "first, before") appea…八bā八 (bā, "eight") appears unchanged from oracle bone script, w…公gōngSimplified form (簡體). 公 (gōng, "public") remains unchanged f…六liùSimplified form (簡體). 六 (liù, "six") remains unchanged from …兴xīngThe traditional form 興 depicts hands (八) lifting a tray or v…再zàiModern simplified form (簡體). 再 (zài, "again, once more") rem…写xiě寫 (xiě, "to write") evolved from an original sense of releas…冬dōngSimplified form (簡體). 冬 (dōng, "winter") appears identical i…冰bīngModern simplified form (簡體). 冰 (bīng, "ice") appears identic…冷lěngModern simplified form (簡體). 冷 (lěng, "cold") remains unchan…几jīSimplified form (簡體). 几 (jī) began as a pictograph of a low …出chūSimplified form: 出 (chū, "to go out"). The oracle bone scrip…分fēnModern simplified form (簡體). 分 (fēn, "to divide; part") — th…到dào到 (dào, "to arrive") remains unchanged between simplified an…刻kèModern simplified form (簡體). 刻 (kè, "to carve, a moment") re…前qiánModern simplified form (簡體). 前 (qián, "front, before") remai…办bàn辦 (bàn, "to do, to handle, to manage") combines 辛 (bitter, a…包bāoSimplified Chinese (簡體). 包 (bāo, "to wrap") remains unchange…北běiSimplified form (簡體). 北 (běi, "north") remains unchanged fro…区qūThe traditional form 區 preserves a vivid picture—a container…十shíModern simplified form (簡體). 十 (shí, "ten") has remained ess…千qiānSimplified Chinese (簡體). 千 (qiān, "thousand") appears unchan…午wǔSimplified form (簡體). 午 (wǔ, "noon") appears unchanged from …半bànModern simplified form (簡體). 半 (bàn, "half") remains unchang…南nánThe character 南 (nán, "south") remains unchanged between sim…厅tīngThe simplified 厅 (tīng, "hall, office") was created by strea…厕cèSimplified form (簡體). 厕 (cè, "toilet/restroom") emerged by s…去qùModern simplified form (簡體). 去 (qù, "to go") remains unchang…友yǒuSimplified form (簡體). 友 (yǒu, "friend") remains unchanged fr…发fāIn traditional Chinese, 發 (fā) carries the imagery of releas…叫jiào叫 (jiào, "to call/shout") takes the mouth radical (口) on the…可kěModern simplified form (簡體). 可 (kě, "can, may") remains unch…号hàoThe traditional form 號 preserves an ancient scene: 虎 (tiger)…司sīSimplified form (簡體). 司 (sī, "to manage; official") remains …吃chīSimplified form (簡體). 吃 (chī, "to eat") combines the mouth r…同tóngThe character 同 (tóng, "same/together") appears identical in…名míngSimplified form (簡體). 名 (míng, "name") remains unchanged fro…后hòuSimplified and traditional converge here — 后 (hòu, "after/be…吗ma嗎 (ma), the traditional form of the question particle, combi…吧bāModern simplified form (簡體). 吧 (bā) remains unchanged from i…听tīng聽 (tīng, "to listen") carries far more visual complexity tha…告gàoModern simplified form (簡體). 告 (gào, "to tell") remains unch…呢neModern simplified form (簡體). 呢 (ne) remains unchanged from i…周zhōu週 (zhōu, "week") narrows the meaning of 周 to a cycle of seve…和héModern simplified form (簡體). 和 (hé, "harmony; and") remains …咖kāModern simplified form (簡體). 咖 (kā) exists only in simplifie…哥gēSimplified and traditional are identical. 哥 (gē, "older brot…哪nǎ哪 (nǎ, "which, where") remains unchanged between simplified …哭kūSimplified form (簡體). 哭 (kū, "cry, weep") remains unchanged …唱chàngSimplified form (簡體). 唱 (chàng, "to sing") remains unchanged…啡fēi啡 (fēi) appears almost exclusively in the compound 咖啡 (kāfēi…啤píSimplified Chinese (簡體). 啤 (pí) is a modern phono-semantic c…喜xǐSimplified Chinese (簡體). 喜 (xǐ, "joy") remains unchanged fro…喝hēThe character 喝 (hē, "to drink") remains unchanged from trad…四sìSimplified form (簡體). 四 (sì, "four") remains unchanged from …回huíModern simplified form (簡體). 回 (huí, "to return") remains un…因yīnThe character 因 (yīn, "cause, because") remains unchanged be…园yuánSimplified form (簡體). 园 (yuán, "garden, park") condenses the…国guó國 (guó, "country, nation") evolved from an early pictograph …在zàiModern simplified form (簡體). 在 (zài, "at, to be in") remains…地dìSimplified form (簡體). 地 (dì, "earth, ground") remains unchan…坏huàiSimplified 坏 (huài, "bad, broken") took an unusual path to i…坐zuòModern simplified form (簡體). 坐 (zuò, "to sit") appears ident…块kuàiThe traditional form 塊 (kuài, "piece, block") preserves an e…声shēngThe traditional character 聲 (shēng, "sound") combines 耳 ("ea…复fùThe traditional form 複 preserves its original logic: the clo…外wài外 (wài, "outside") is identical in simplified and traditiona…多duōSimplified form (簡體). 多 (duō, "many") appears identical in s…夜yèSimplified form (簡體). 夜 (yè, "night") remains unchanged from…大dàSimplified Chinese (簡體). 大 (dà, "big") remains unchanged fro…天tiānSimplified Chinese (簡體). 天 (tiān, "sky, heaven") remains unc…太tàiSimplified form (簡體). 太 (tài, "extreme, too") combines the p…头tóu頭 (tóu, "head") in its traditional form pairs the radical 頁—…女nǚModern simplified form (簡體). 女 (nǚ, "woman") remains unchang…奶nǎiSimplified form (簡體). 奶 (nǎi, "milk") remains unchanged from…她tāSimplified Chinese (簡體). 她 (tā, "she") emerged in the early …好hǎoModern simplified form (簡體). 好 (hǎo, "good, well") remains u…妈mā妈 (mā, "mother") is a modern character that did not exist in…妹mèiModern simplified form (簡體). 妹 (mèi, "younger sister") remai…始shǐSimplified form (簡體). 始 (shǐ, "to begin") retains its tradit…姨yíModern simplified form (簡體). 姨 (yí, "maternal aunt") remains…婚hūnSimplified form (簡體). 婚 (hūn, "marriage") combines the radic…子zǐModern simplified form (簡體). 子 (zǐ, "child") appears unchang…字zìModern simplified form (簡體). 字 (zì, "character, word") appea…学xuéTraditional form (繁體). 學 (xué, "to study, learning") shows a…孩háiModern simplified form (簡體). 孩 (hái, "child") pairs the chil…安ānModern simplified form (簡體). 安 (ān, "peace, safe") is one of…完wánIn simplified Chinese, the character 完 remains unchanged fro…宜yíIn simplified Chinese, the character 宜 remains unchanged fro…宝bǎoModern simplified form (簡體). 宝 (bǎo) is the simplified versi…客kèsimplified form (簡體). 客 (kè) remains unchanged from its trad…室shìThe simplified form 室 maintains the same structure as its tr…家jiāThe simplified 家 drops the traditional pig (豕) to a single s…对duìTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …小xiǎo(簡體). 小 (xiǎo) is a pictograph of a tiny object, its three s…少shǎoModern simplified form (簡體). 少 (shǎo, “few”) is identical in…山shānModern simplified form (簡體). 山 (shān, "mountain") is identic…岁suìTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …州zhōu州 (zhōu), meaning "province" or "administrative region," evo…工gōng工 (gōng), meaning "work" or "worker," is believed to be a pi…差chà差 (chà), meaning "difference" or "error," originated from or…已yǐ已 (yǐ) means "already" or "to stop," and its visual form in …市shì市 (shì) represents the marketplace, and its ancient form fea…帅shuài帅 (shuài, "handsome; commander") is simplified from the trad…师shīTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …带dàiwho leads and instructs.
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In Traditional Chinese (繁體)…帮bāngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …常cháng常 (cháng, "always; constant") appears unchanged between simp…平píng平 (píng, "flat; peaceful") looks deceptively simple, two hor…年nián年 (nián, "year") has traveled far from its oracle bone origi…床chuángese (簡體), 床 keeps the same shape as the traditional, depicti…应yīngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …店diànves its traditional form, combining the roof radical 广 with …开kāiTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …弟dìns unchanged from the traditional, picturing a bent figure t…当dāngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …影yǐngModern simplified form (簡體). 影 (yǐng) is identical in simpli…待dàiblock in characters like 旺 (prosperous) and 望 (to look).
-…很hěnand it also appears as a component in 侍 (to serve).
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…得désimplified form (簡體). 得 (dé) is unchanged from the tradition…德déIn Simplified Chinese (簡體), 德 retains the same shape as the …忙máng年之交 (friendship regardless of age).
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In Simplified Ch…快kuàichaos).
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In Simplified Chinese (簡體), 快 retains its tr…怎zěn怎 (zěn, "how/why") appears in Simplified Chinese as a compac…思sī思 (sī, "to think") remains unchanged between simplified and …总zǒngtten 總, a more complex form that simplifies to 总 in the mode…息xīModern simplified form (簡體). 息 (xī, "breath, to breathe, new…想xiǎngisual and auditory meanings.
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Modern simplified form …意yìor appearance persists.
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Modern simplified form (簡體).…慢màn---
慢 (màn, "slow") is a modern simplified form (簡體) that …懂dǒng(dǒng, "to understand") is a modern simplified form (簡體) tha…戏xìTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …我wǒ我 (wǒ, "I" or "me") appears identical in both simplified and…户hù户 (hù, "household" or "door") is a pictograph of a door flap…房fáng房 (fáng, "room" or "house") combines the roof radical (宀) wi…所suǒ所 (suǒ, "place" or "location") originally depicted a door (户…手shǒu手 (shǒu, "hand") is a direct pictograph of a human hand with…打dǎModern simplified form (簡體). 打 (dǎ) combines the hand radica…扫sǎoTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …找zhǎoweapon component 戈, the latter serving as both a phonetic an…抽chōu抽 (chōu) in simplified Chinese is written with the hand radi…收shōuModern simplified form (簡體). 收 (shōu) merges the rope-like 丩…放fàngModern simplified form (簡體). 放 (fàng) consists of 方 (square)…文wénModern simplified form (簡體). 文 (wén, "writing, culture") has…新xīnModern simplified form (簡體). 新 (xīn, "new") is composed of 亲…方fāngModern simplified form (簡體). 方 (fāng, "square, direction") p…旅lǚ旅 (lǚ), meaning "to travel" or "a group traveling together,"…日rì日 (rì), representing the sun or simply "day," is one of the …早zǎo早 (zǎo), meaning "early" or "morning," combines the sun (日) …时shíTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …明míng明 (míng), meaning "bright" or "clear," elegantly combines th…星xīng星 (xīng, "star") appears identical in simplified and traditi…昨zuó昨 (zuó, "yesterday") remains unchanged between simplified an…是shì是 (shì, "to be/is") stands unchanged in simplified Chinese, …晚wǎn晚 (wǎn, "evening/late") appears the same in both simplified …更gēng更 (gēng, "more, to change") stacks 丙 atop 攵, with the hand s…最zuì最 (zuì, "most") gathers 冂, 罒, and 月 beneath its roof, origin…月yuè月 (yuè, "moon/month") is a pictograph so ancient and so perf…有yǒu有 (yǒu), meaning "to have" or "possess," appears in Simplifi…朋péng朋 (péng), meaning "friend," has remained identical in both s…服fú服 (fú), meaning "clothes" or "to serve," maintains its tradi…期qī期 (qī), meaning "a period of time" or "to expect," looks the…木mùModern simplified form (簡體). 木 (mù, "tree") is a pictograph …末mòModern simplified form (簡體). 末 (mò, "end, tip") combines the…本běnplified form (簡體). 本 (běn, "root, origin") is depicted as a …机jīIn Traditional Chinese (繁體), the character 機 (jī) is written…李lǐfied form (簡體). 李 (lǐ, "plum" or a common surname) fuses the…来láiTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …杭háng杭 (háng) is a Simplified Chinese character that preserves it…杯bēi杯 (bēi, "cup, glass") in Simplified Chinese retains the trad…板bǎn板 (bǎn, "board, plank") appears in Simplified Chinese unchan…果guǒModern simplified form (簡體). 果 (guǒ, “fruit”) has remained u…校xiàoModern simplified form (簡體). 查 (chá, “to check”) combines th…样yàngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …楼lóuTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …次cìModern simplified form (簡體). 次 (cì) is identical in simplifi…欢huānTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …歌gēModern simplified form (簡體). 歌 (gē) is identical in simplifi…正zhèngModern simplified form (簡體). 正 (zhèng) is identical in simpl…母mǔModern simplified form (簡體). 母 (mǔ, “mother”) appears unchan…每měiModern simplified form (簡體). 每 (měi, “every/each”) is identi…毕bìModern simplified form (簡體). 毕 (bì, “to finish/complete”) is…毛máo毛 (máo, "hair, fur, feather") appears in Simplified Chinese …气qìIn Traditional Chinese, the simplified 气 (qì, 'vital energy,…水shuǐModern simplified form (簡體). 水 (shuǐ, "water") is one of the…汉hànTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …没méiModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.河hé河 (hé, "river") pairs the water radical (氵) with the phoneti…法fǎModern simplified form (簡體) of 法 retains the same shape as t…泳yǒngrn simplified form (簡體) of 泳 is identical to its traditional…洗xǐform (簡體) of 洗 consists of the water radical 氵 plus the comp…派pàilified form (簡體) of 派 is formed by the water radical 氵 toget…海hǎi海 (hǎi, "sea") pairs the water radical with 每, a component t…港gǎngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.游yóuterms for ports and harbors.
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Simplified Chinese (簡體)…湖húravel.
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In Simplified Chinese (簡體), 湖 retains its tra…滩tānModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.漂piāoModern simplified form (簡體). 漂 (piāo, "to float" or "to drif…澡zǎoModern simplified form (簡體). 澡 (zǎo, "to bathe") is the same…火huǒModern simplified form (簡體). 火 (huǒ, "fire") is a pictograph…点diǎnTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …烟yānModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.烦fánModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.爱àiTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …父fùModern simplified form (簡體). 父 (fù, "father") is identical i…爷yéTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …爸bàModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.牛niúModern simplified form (簡體). 牛 (niú, "cow") is a pictograph …狗gǒuModern simplified form (簡體). 狗 (gǒu, "dog") is a phonosemant…猫māoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.玩wán玩 (wán, "to play") combines the jade radical with 丸 (pill/ba…现xiànTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …班bān班 (bān, "class, team") presents two jade symbols (derived fr…球qiú球 (qiú, "ball, sphere") pairs the jade radical with 求 (to se…生shēngModern simplified form (簡體). 生 (shēng, "to be born, life") h…用yòngModern simplified form (簡體). 用 (yòng, "to use") retains its …电diànTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …男nánModern simplified form (簡體). 男 (nán, "male, man") is compose…白báiModern simplified form (簡體). 白 (bái, "white") is identical i…百bǎisimplified form (簡體). 百 (bǎi, "hundred") appears the same in…的deModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.直zhí---
Modern simplified form (簡體). 直 (zhí, “straight”) is un…看kàn看 (kàn), a modern simplified form (簡體), combines a hand (龵) …睡shuì睡 (shuì), a modern simplified form (簡體), pairs the radical f…知zhī知 (zhī), a modern simplified form (簡體), merges an arrow (矢) …码mǎModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.票piàoModern simplified form (簡體). 票 (piào, “ticket, bill”) is ide…离líTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …种zhǒngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …空kōngModern simplified form (簡體). 空 (kōng, “empty, sky”) is ident…等děngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.算suànModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.米mǐIn Simplified Chinese (簡體), 米 (mǐ, "rice") is written exactl…糖tángModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.累léiModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.纸zhǐModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.经jīngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …结jiéTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …给gěiModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.统tǒngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.网wǎng网 (wǎng) is a rare case where simplification actually restor…美měi美 (měi) remains unchanged between simplified and traditional…老lǎoSimplified Chinese (簡體). 老 (lǎo, "old") has remained unchang…聪cōngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.肉ròu). 肉 (ròu, "meat") appears unchanged from its traditional fo…胖pàngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.能néng能 (néng) in Simplified Chinese is a pictographic character t…脏zāngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.脑nǎoTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …自zì自在 Simplified Chinese (簡體) 中形体与古代相同，三千年前的象形文字描绘的就是鼻子的侧影，最早的含…芒mángModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.花huāModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.苦kǔModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.英yīng苦瓜 (bitter melon).
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In Simplified Chinese (簡體), 英 rem…茶cháModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.菜cài菜 (cài, "vegetable") is a modern simplified form (簡體) that c…行háng行 (háng, "row, line, bank") is a modern simplified form (簡體)…衣yī衣 (yī, "clothing, garment") is a modern simplified form (簡體)…西xī西 (xī, "west") is one of the oldest characters in Chinese, o…要yào要 (yào, "want/need") combines the character for "west" (西) a…见jiànTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …视shìTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …觉juéModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.认rènTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …议yìTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …识shíTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …诉sùTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …话huàTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …该gāiTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …语yǔTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …说shuōTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …请qǐngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …课kèTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …谁shuíTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …贵guìModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.走zǒu走 (zǒu, "to walk; to go") has remained virtually unchanged s…起qǐModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.超chāoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.跟gēnModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.路lùModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.车chēTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …辣làModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.过guòTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …近jìnModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.还huánTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …这zhèTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …进jìnTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …远yuǎnTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …迟chíModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.道dàoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.那nàModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.邮yóuModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.都dūModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.酒jiǔModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.里lǐTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …重zhòngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.钱qiánTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …铁tiěTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …长chángTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …问wènTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …间jiānTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …阿āModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.难nánTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …雨yǔModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.零língModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.非fēiModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.面miànModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.题tíTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …风fēngModern simplified form (簡體). 风 (fēng, "wind") was simplified…飞fēiTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …餐cānModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.饭fànTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …饺jiǎoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.饿èModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.香xiāngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.马mǎTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …骑qíTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …高gāoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.麻máModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.黄huángTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …龙lóngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …
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万wàn万 (wàn, "ten thousand") appears identical in simplified and …专zhuānSimplified form (簡體). 专 (zhuān, "specialized, focused") was …世shìModern simplified form (簡體). 世 (shì, "world, generation") re…丝sīSimplified form (簡體). 丝 (sī, "silk") condenses the tradition…严yánThe traditional form 嚴 (yán, "strict, severe") combines 吅—tw…乐lèModern simplified form (簡體). 乐 (lè, "joy/happy") was reduced…交jiāoSimplified and traditional are identical for 交 (jiāo, "to in…产chǎnThe traditional form 產 (chǎn, "to produce, to give birth") c…亲qīn親 (qīn, "dear/relative"), written 親 in traditional form, lit…介jièModern simplified form (簡體). 介 (jiè, "to introduce, to lie b…从cóngThe character 從 (cóng, "to follow") is written with two 人 (p…众zhòngSimplified form (簡體). 众 (zhòng, "many, crowd") condenses the…优yōuSimplified form 优 (yōu, "excellent") was created by streamli…伞sǎnModern simplified form (簡體). 伞 (sǎn, "umbrella") preserves t…体tǐ體 (tǐ, "body") preserves an ancient insight: the left side i…保bǎoModern simplified form (簡體). 保 (bǎo, "to protect") looks exa…信xìnSimplified form (簡體). 信 (xìn, "trust, believe") remains unch…修xiūSimplified form (簡體). 修 (xiū, "to repair, to adorn") pairs t…倒dǎo倒 (dǎo) is identical in simplified and traditional forms — a…假jiǎSimplified and traditional are identical for 假 (jiǎ, "false"…停tíngModern simplified form (簡體). 停 (tíng, "to stop/pause") remai…偷tōuModern simplified form (簡體). 偷 (tōu, "to steal") remains unc…像xiàngSimplified form (簡體). 像 (xiàng, "to resemble, like, image") …克kèModern simplified form (簡體). 克 (kè, "to overcome, to restrai…关guān關 (guān, "gate, to close") transforms dramatically between t…具jù具 (jù, "tool, implement; to provide") remains identical in s…典diǎnModern simplified form (簡體). 典 (diǎn, "standard, classic") r…冒màoModern simplified form (簡體). 冒 (mào, "to venture, to risk") …净jìngSimplified form (簡體). 净 (jìng, "clean, pure") streamlines th…准zhǔnSimplified form (簡體). 准 (zhǔn, "standard, accurate") pairs t…凉liángModern simplified form (簡體). 凉 (liáng, "cool") streamlined t…刚gāngSimplified form (簡體). 刚 (gāng, "hard, firm, just now") pairs…利lìThe simplified form 利 (lì, "sharp, benefit") remains unchang…别bié別 (bié, "to separate, to distinguish") in its traditional fo…刷shuāModern simplified form (簡體). 刷 (shuā, "brush, to brush") app…力lìSimplified form (簡體). 力 (lì, "power, strength") remains unch…加jiāThe character 加 (jiā, "to add") remains unchanged between si…务wùThe simplified 务 (wù, "affair, to strive for") retains the f…动dòngThe traditional form 動 combines 重 ("heavy") with 力 ("force")…势shìSimplified form (簡體). 势 (shì, "power, force, tendency") pair…匙chíModern simplified form (簡體). 匙 (chí, "spoon") remains unchan…医yī醫 (yī, "medicine/doctor") preserves an ancient scene of woun…卖mài賣 (mài, "to sell") in traditional form is a clever compositi…历lìThe traditional form 歷 (lì) tells a story of walking through…厉lì厲 (lì, "severe, strict") in its traditional form preserves a…厌yànSimplified 厌 (yàn, "to dislike/tired of") derives from tradi…参cān參 (cān, "to participate") preserves its ancient astronomy in…又yòuSimplified Chinese (簡體). 又 (yòu, "again, also") retains its …双shuāngThe traditional form 雙 makes its meaning unmistakable: two h…叔shūSimplified Chinese (簡體). 叔 (shū, "uncle") remains unchanged …变biàn變 (biàn, "to change") in traditional form pairs a phonetic t…句jùModern simplified form (簡體). 句 (jù, "sentence") remains unch…只zhīSimplified Chinese (簡體). 只 (zhī) appears unchanged from trad…史shǐModern simplified form (簡體). 史 (shǐ, "history") remains unch…合hé合 (hé, "to close, to combine") has remained unchanged betwee…吵chǎoThe character 吵 (chǎo, "noisy, to make a racket") is identic…员yuán員 (yuán, "member/personnel") preserves its traditional shape…味wèi味 (wèi, "taste") appears identical in simplified and traditi…品pǐnModern simplified form (簡體). 品 (pǐn, "article, product, qual…商shāngModern simplified form (簡體). 商 (shāng, "commerce, business; …啊ā啊 (ā), the expressive interjection for surprise or affirmati…嘴zuǐThe character 嘴 (zuǐ, "mouth") remains unchanged between sim…图túThe traditional form 圖 depicts a pictograph enclosed within …圣shèng聖 (shèng, "holy, sacred") combines 耳 (ear) and 王 (king) — th…场cháng場 (cháng), the traditional form, preserves the earth radical…圾jī垃圾 (lājī, "trash") is where 圾 (jī) lives almost exclusively,…垃lāSimplified form (簡體). 垃 (lā) exists only in the compound 垃圾 …城chéngSimplified form (簡體). 城 (chéng, "city, wall") remains unchan…堡bǎoSimplified form (簡體). 堡 (bǎo, "fortress, stronghold") remain…堵dǔSimplified and traditional are identical for 堵 (dǔ, "to bloc…塞sāiSimplified and traditional are identical for 塞 (sāi, "to sto…备bèiThe traditional form 備 (bèi, "to prepare") combines a weapon…失shīSimplified form (簡體). 失 (shī, "to lose") appears unchanged f…奇qíSimplified 奇 (qí, "strange, wonderful") retains the same for…套tàoModern simplified form (簡體). 套 (tào, "set, cover, sheath") a…如rúModern simplified form (簡體). 如 (rú, "like, as, if") is ident…姓xìngSimplified form (簡體). 姓 (xìng, "surname") remains unchanged …婆pó婆 (pó, "old woman, grandmother") combines the 女 (woman) radi…嫁jiàSimplified and traditional are identical for 嫁 (jià, "to mar…存cúnModern simplified form (簡體). 存 (cún, "to exist, to preserve"…定dìngIn simplified Chinese, the character 定 remains unchanged fro…实shíTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …害hàiThe simplified 害 drops the inner detail, condensing the char…容róngThe simplified 容 keeps the roof (宀) and the interior shape t…宾bīnsimplified form (簡體). 宾 (bīn) is the simplified counterpart …寄jìified form (簡體). 寄 (jì) has kept its traditional shape, form…导dǎoTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …尝chángModern simplified form (簡體). 尝 (cháng) is the simplified ver…就jiùModern simplified form (簡體). 就 (jiù) remains unchanged from …尽jìnModern simplified form (簡體). 尽 (jìn) is a simplified merging…川chuānModern simplified form (簡體). 川 (chuān) is identical in simpl…左zuǒ左 (zuǒ), meaning "left" or "the left side," combines the cha…巧qiǎo巧 (qiǎo), meaning "skillful" or "coincidental," combines the…己jǐ己 (jǐ), the sixth of the Heavenly Stems, appears in Simplifi…巴bā巴 (bā) originally depicted a serpent or snake in oracle bone…巾jīn巾 (jīn) is a pictograph so clear that even today it resemble…干gān干 (gān, "dry; to do; frame") is one of the few characters th…幸xìngIn Simplified Chinese (簡體), 幸 retains its traditional form, …式shìof the work radical 工 and the phonetic 弋, originally depicti…张zhāngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …往wǎng(color) and 彰 (manifest).
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Modern simplified form (簡體…心xīnly grateful).
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In Simplified Chinese (簡體), 心 remains …忘wàngh as 思 (sī, think) and 意 (yì, meaning).
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In Simplifie…怕pà怕 (pà, "to fear") in Simplified Chinese keeps the same form …急jí急 (jí, "urgent/hurried") in Simplified Chinese condenses wha…怪guài怪 (guài, "strange/odd") appears identically in both simplifi…您nínnt role in forming related meanings.
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Modern simplifi…情qíngtone is embedded in everyday polite speech.
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Modern s…感gǎn感 (gǎn, "to feel, to sense") is a modern simplified form (簡體…懒lǎnified form (簡體) that combines the heart radical (忄) with the…成chéngis a modern simplified form (簡體) that preserves the ancient …才cáiThe traditional form of 才 is 絵 (cái), a character that origi…扔rēngdern simplified form (簡體). 扔 (rēng) pairs the hand radical 扌…扮bànent 夂, which originally suggested “to follow” or “to arrange…把bǎthe hand radical 扌 with the phonetic 巴, a component that als…护hùTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …报bàoTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …抱bào抱 (bào), a simplified character that retains the same form a…担dānTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …拉lā拉 (lā) is a simplified character that keeps the same shape a…拍pāi拍 (pāi) in simplified Chinese is identical to its traditiona…拐guǎi拐 (guǎi) is a simplified character that has the same form as…拼pīnModern simplified form (簡體). 拼 (pīn) is identical in simplif…拿náModern simplified form (簡體). 拿 (ná) is identical in simplifi…挺tǐngModern simplified form (簡體). 挺 (tǐng) is identical in both s…换huànTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …掉diàoModern simplified form (簡體). 掉 (diào) is identical in simpli…推tuīModern simplified form (簡體). 推 (tuī) is identical in both fo…摔shuāiModern simplified form (簡體). 摔 (shuāi) combines the hand rad…撒sāModern simplified form (簡體). 撒 (sā) pairs the hand radical (…故gùModern simplified form (簡體). 故 (gù) combines 古 (old) with th…教jiàoModern simplified form (簡體). 教 (jiào, "to teach") is identic…旁pángModern simplified form (簡體). 旁 (páng, "beside") is formed by…旧jiùTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …易yì易 (yì), meaning "easy" or "to change," underwent a fascinati…春chūn春 (chūn, "spring") is another character that looks the same …景jǐng景 (jǐng, "scenery") combines 日 (sun) above with 京 as the pho…暖nuǎn暖 (nuǎn, "warm") pairs 日 (sun) on the left with 爰 (yuán) as …望wàng望 (wàng), meaning "to look at" or "to hope for," appears unc…束shù"to bind, bundle") pictures a cluster of twigs or wood tied …条tiáo条 (tiáo, "strip, item") appears in Simplified Chinese exactl…极jí极 (jí) in Traditional Chinese (繁體) appears as 極, a character…林lín林 (lín, "forest, woods") stands as a beautifully simple pict…查chá---格gé---桌zhuōModern simplified form (簡體). 校 (xiào, “school”) is composed …楚chǔModern simplified form (簡體). 楚 (chǔ) is identical in simplif…歉qiànModern simplified form (簡體). 歉 (qiàn) is identical in simpli…死sǐModern simplified form (簡體). 死 (sǐ, “death”) has kept its an…比bǐModern simplified form (簡體). 比 (bǐ, “to compare”) retains it…汁zhī汁 (zhī, "juice, liquid") combines the water radical (氵) with…汤tāngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …治zhì治 (zhì, "to govern, to treat") combines water (氵) with 台 as …活huóes the water radical 氵 with the component 舌 (tongue), a comb…浪làng浪 (làng, "wave") combines the water radical with 良, the latt…消xiāo消 (xiāo, "to disappear") joins the water radical with 肖, whi…淇qí淇 (qí) takes the water radical alongside 其, and this charact…淋lín淋 (lín, "to soak") combines the water radical with 林, the ch…淘táoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.清qīnging up.
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In Simplified Chinese (簡體), 清 remains unchan…满mǎnTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …演yǎnModern simplified form (簡體). 演 (yǎn, "to perform" or "to dev…灵língModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.热rèTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …然rán然 (rán, "correct, so") remains unchanged from traditional to…照zhào照 (zhào, "to shine, reflect") is the Simplified Chinese form…熟shúModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.片piànModern simplified form (簡體). 片 (piàn, "slice, piece") is ide…牌páiModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.牙yáModern simplified form (簡體). 牙 (yá, "tooth") is a pictograph…物wùModern simplified form (簡體). 物 (wù, "thing") is composed of …王wáng王 (wáng, "king") in Simplified Chinese retains the ancient p…瓶píng瓶 (píng, "bottle") pairs the pottery radical 瓦 with 并 (to co…画huàModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.病bìngModern simplified form (簡體). 病 (bìng, "illness, disease") is…盐yánTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …盒héModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.省shěng省 (shěng), a modern simplified form (簡體), originated as a pi…真zhēn眞 (zhēn, "true/genuine") preserves in its traditional form a…着zháoTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …短duǎn短 (duǎn), a modern simplified form (簡體), pairs the arrow rad…矮ǎiModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.碗wǎnModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.礼lǐModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.神shénModern simplified form (簡體) 神 is identical in simplified and…秋qiūModern simplified form (簡體). 秋 (qiū, “autumn”) is identical …穿chuānModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.站zhànModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.章zhāng章 (zhāng) in Simplified Chinese (簡體) appears unchanged from …笑xiào笑 (xiào) in Simplified Chinese (簡體) keeps the traditional fo…笔bǐTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …笨bèn笨 (bèn) in Simplified Chinese (簡體) retains its traditional s…第dì第 (dì) in Simplified Chinese (簡體) keeps its traditional form…笼lóngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.筷kuàiModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.篇piānModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.篮lánModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.粉fěnModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.精jīngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.糕gāoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.紧jǐnModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.红hóngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.约yuēTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …纪jìTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …纽niǔModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.绍shàoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.编biānTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …考kǎotte in modern composition.
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Simplified Chinese (簡體). …聊liáoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.肚dùModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.脚jiǎoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.脸liǎnTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …脾píModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.臭chòu臭在 Simplified Chinese (簡體) 中保持原形，由自（鼻）与犬（狗）组合而成。最初的青铜铭文把鼻子与狗…舒shū舒在 Simplified Chinese (簡體) 中保留传统结构，由舍（房屋、居所）作声旁，予（给予）作义旁组合。最…舞wǔ舞在 Simplified Chinese (簡體) 中保持古老的象形形态，像一个举手抬足的人形。甲骨文已描绘出舞者举臂…般bānModern simplified form (簡體). The character 般 is unchanged fr…色sèModern simplified form (簡體). The character 色 remains identic…节jiéModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.苹píngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.草cǎoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.虑lǜModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.虽suīTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …蛋dànModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.袜wàModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.裙qún裙 (qún, "skirt") remains unchanged between simplified and tr…观guānTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …解jiěModern simplified form (簡體). 解 (jiě) preserves the ancient c…讨tǎoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.让ràngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …记jìTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …讲jiǎngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …论lùnTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …词cíTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …试shìTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …诞dànModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.读dúTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …调tiáoTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …谈tánModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.谎huǎngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.谢xièTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …负fùModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.责zéTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …货huòTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …质zhìModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.费fèiTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …资zīTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …赛sàiTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …赢yíngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.赵zhàoTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …趣qùModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.跑pǎoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.跳tiàoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.踩cǎiModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.身shēnght upon the ground.
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Modern simplified form (簡體). 身 …躺tǎngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.轻qīngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …辑jíModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.输shūModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.边biānTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …运yùnTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …送sòngModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.递dìTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …遇yùModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.遍biànModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.部bùModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.醉zuìModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.释shìModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.量liángModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.针zhēnModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.钟zhōngTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …钥yuèModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.银yínTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …锅guōModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.错cuòTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …门ménTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …闹nàoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.闻wénTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …陈chénTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …需xūModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.鞋xiéModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.音yīnModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.页yèTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …顺shùnModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.颜yánModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.饱bǎoModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.馆guǎnTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …首shǒuModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.验yànTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …骗piànModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.鱼yúTraditional form (繁體), as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and in …黑hēiModern simplified form (簡體), as used in mainland China.