2000 Chinese Characters: A Comparison Guide to Traditional and Simplified Forms (Chinese Edition)

Sooner or later, anyone studying written Chinese must learn how to recognize and differentiate between traditional and simplified Chinese characters. Simplified characters are used throughout most of China today, while traditional characters are used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, as well as in many literary, artistic, and other aesthetically “traditional” venues. This highly useful two-way (traditional-simplified and simplified-traditional) reference guide provides both forms of the 2,000 most commonly encountered Chinese characters.