Quiz created: 020505
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When all the boxes are correctly filled in, the screen will change color to show it is tickled pink.
The first item is done for you as an example. Some items in the list on the right may be used more than once or not used at all.
This quiz is for your own practice only; no record of your progress is kept or reported to anyone.
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Critical Background:
Some common Chinese simplified chracters are produced by simply leaving out part. Unlike simplified radicals, which occur in smplified form wherever they occur, these simplifications are one-time occurances.
Other simplifications make ad-hoc substitutions, often using a simple character of similar sound to replace many of the strokes of a complex character. Again, these are done on an ad-hoc basis, and no character sets a precedent for any other. Some simplifications merge two or more traditional characters into a single simplified one, occasionally despite the traditional characters having slightly different pronunciation. Finally, in a few cases old characters have been completely discarded in favor of the officialization of completely new characters. In fact, few of these are completely new in all regions; most are actually regional characters that were officialized because they are simpler than the better known ones. This quiz includes examples of all these types. (For whole-character substitutions, you can only make a blind guess, obviously.) |