'''Traditional Chinese''' denotes the form of written Chinese characters that was standardized in late Han Dynasty (25-220 AD) and used for written Chinese until 1949, when it was replaced in the [[People's Republic of China]] by a [[Simplified Chinese|simplified script]]. The traditional script remains predominant among Chinese language users outside the PRC proper (i.e., in [[Taiwan]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] and among the worldwide Chinese [[diaspora]]). Traditional Chinese characters are also employed as [[kanji]] in written [[Japanese language|Japanese]].
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'''Traditional Chinese''' denotes the form of written Chinese characters that was standardized in the late [[Han Dynasty]] (25-220 AD) and used for written Chinese until 1949, when it was replaced in the [[People's Republic of China]] by a [[Simplified Chinese|simplified script]]. The traditional script remains predominant among Chinese language users outside the PRC proper (i.e., in [[Taiwan]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] and among the worldwide Chinese [[diaspora]]). Traditional Chinese characters are also employed as [[kanji]] in written [[Japanese language|Japanese]].
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*[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/chinese.htm "Chinese"] at Omniglot.com
*[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/chinese.htm "Chinese"] at Omniglot.com