simplified Chinese character; refers specifically to the set of characters standardized in mainland China starting in the 1950s

The official plan published in 1956 and revised in 1964 by the PRC to reduce the number of strokes in standard characters; its methods included using simple components to replace complex ones and adopting cursive or ancient forms.

A set of simplified Chinese characters issued by the Chinese government in 1977 and later abolished in 1986.

Simplified characters; characters resulting from the process of reducing stroke counts and consolidating character variants.