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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). --- Modern simplified form (簡體…心xīnly grateful). --- In Simplified Chinese (簡體), 心 remains …忘wàngh as 思 (sī, think) and 意 (yì, meaning). --- 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. --- Modern simplifi…情qíngtone is embedded in everyday polite speech. --- 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. --- 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. --- 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. --- 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.