Author(s)

Weijie Liu

Corresponding Author

Weijie Liu

Abstract

For more than half a century, the trend of simplification of Chinese characters has been overemphasized. Although this is beneficial to the character reform, it can not hide the multiplication of Chinese characters. In fact, simplification mainly occurred during the evolution of typefaces, that is to say, among different typefaces, the late typeface was often much simplified than the typeface from which it came. The simplification phenomenon is not prominent in the same typeface, and simplification is mainly spontaneous rather than artificial. As more and more people have realized the defects of simplified Chinese characters, it is only a matter of time before traditional Chinese characters are restored. Of course, Chinese characters could be simplified, but they should only be simplified one-to-one, not many-to-one.

Keywords

Simplification; Multiplication; The Evolution of Typefaces; Spontaneity