Among Chinese people, traditional Chinese characters are referred to by several different names, each with different implications. The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) officially calls traditional Chinese characters standard characters or orthodox characters (Traditional Chinese: 正體字; Simplified Chinese: 正体字; pinyin: zhèngtǐzì), which implies that traditional characters are the full and correct forms of the characters. In contrast, users of simplified characters call them complex characters (Tr ...

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Traditional Chinese character, Traditional Chinese character - Controversy over name, Traditional Chinese character - Printed text, Traditional Chinese character - Computer character encoding, Traditional Chinese character - Usage in other languages

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General Chinese, General Chinese - Character-based GC, General Chinese - Romanized GC, General Chinese - GC vs. traditional characters, General Chinese - Reference

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Romanized GC has distinct symbols for the onsets (many of them digraphs, and a few trigraphs) and the rimes distinguished by any of the control dialects. For example, it retains the final consonants p, t, k, and the distinction between final m and n, as these are found in several modern dialects. GC also maintains the "round-sharp" distinction, such as sia vs. hia, though those are both xia in Beijing Mandarin. It also indic ...

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The word tradition, comes from the Latin word traditio which means "to hand down" or "to hand over." It is used in a number of ways in the English language. 1 -- A custom or practice taught by one generation to another, often orally. For example, we can speak of the tradition of sending birth announcements. 2 -- A set of customs or practices. For example, we can speak of Christmas traditions. 3 -- A broad religious movement made up of religious denominati ...

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Chinese characters or Han characters (Traditional: 漢字; Simplified: 汉字; Hanyu Pinyin: Hànzì) are logograms used in the written forms of the Chinese language, and to varying degrees in the Japanese and Korean. Use of Chinese characters has disappeared from the Vietnamese language — where they were used until the 20th century — and from Korea, where they ha ...

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• Chinese character - Origin
• Chinese character - Styles
• Chinese character - Radicals
• Chinese character - Classification
• Chinese character - By etymology
• Chinese character - Radical system
• Chinese character - Orthography
• Chinese character - Reforms
• Chinese character - Southeast Asian Chinese communities
• Chinese character - Japanese Kanji
• Chinese character - Dictionaries
• Chinese character - Derivatives of Han characters
• Chinese character - Number of Chinese characters
• Chinese character - Chinese
• Chinese character - Japanese
• Chinese character - Korean
• Chinese character - Vietnamese
• Chinese character - Rare and complex characters

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Cāngjié or Cāng Jié (Traditional Chinese: 倉頡; Simplified Chinese: 仓颉), also known as Chongkit (the Cantonese pronunciation of his name), is a legendary figure in ancient China, claimed to be an official historian of the Yellow Emperor and the inventor of the Chinese characters. Legend has it that he had four eyes and when he invented the character, the deities and ghosts cried and the sky rained corns. He is not considered to be a historical figure, or at least, not considered to be sole inventor of Chinese characters. The Cangjie method, a Chinese character input metho

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Chi has several meanings and pronunciations. Among them are: A common romanization for qi (traditional chinese: 氣, simplified chinese: 气, pin-yin: qi, Wade-Giles: ch'i), a fundamental concept of Chinese culture, meaning "air", but also a basic inert matter-particle, the building block, and the life force within everything. Chi is referred to in martial arts as well as Traditional Chinese medicine. a character in the name of the martial art T'ai Chi Ch'uan a letter of the Greek al

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Shen can refer to the State of Shen in the Zhou Dynasty of China. a Chinese word for spirit or soul, often referenced in Taoist and Traditional Chinese Medicine literature, and used by some Chinese Christians to refer to God. a common Chinese last name an abbrievation for Shanghai, People's Republic of China. the supreme kai in the Japanese anime series Dragon Ball Z. Shen (character), a character in Ender's Game. shens, short for Shenanigans, commonly used on many int

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Zizhi Tongjian (traditional Chinese character: 資治通鑑; simplified Chinese character: 资治通鉴; pinyin Zīzhì Tōngjìan, Wade-Giles Tzu-chih t'ung-chien) is an important Chinese history text of annual chronology. Sima Guang was the major contributor, from collecting primary sources, to drafting, to publication. Work on the book started in 1065 and ended in 1084. It recounts the history of China from Warring States Period to the end of Period of the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms. Literary meaning of the Chinese title

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Zhang Sanfeng was a semi-mythical Chinese Taoist priest who is believed by some to have achieved immortality, said variously to date from either the late Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty or Ming Dynasty. His name was allegedly 張君寶 before he became a Taoist. His Taoist name in Traditional Chinese characters is 張三丰, or 張三豐. Both are Zhāng Sānfēng in pinyin and Chang1 ...

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Dào is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese character 道, representing a word usually rendered in English as Tao, and used as the root word for the English term Taoism. Taoism is a native Chinese philosophy and religion that, along with its various offshoot sects and syncretisms with other traditions (Chan Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism), has influenced much of East Asia for ...

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• Daoism-Taoism Romanization issue - External link

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Wu wei (Traditional Chinese characters: 無為 Simplified Chinese characters: 无为) is an important tenet of Taoism that involves knowing when to act and when not to act. Wu may be translated as not have; Wei (2nd tone) may be translated as do, act, serve as, govern. The literal meaning of Wu Wei is "without action" and is often included in the paradox wei wu wei : "action without action." The practice of wu wei and the efficacy of wei wu wei are fundamental tenets in Chinese tho ...

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• Wu wei - Origins
• Wu wei - Philosophy
• Wu wei - Practice
• Wu wei - The ultimate: harmony with the Tao

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Chén (Simplified Chinese: 陈, Traditional Chinese: 陳) is one of the four most common Chinese family names, and the most common family name in Taiwan (its exact position varies depending on the set of statistics used). It is occasionally romanized Chern in Singapore Mandarin Chinese (where "r" indicates the second tone in the Gwoyeu Romatzyh romanization system). It is usually romanized as Chan in Cantonese, sometimes as Chun, Chin or Zen. Some other Romanization ...

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• Chen surname - History
• Chen surname - Other variations
• Chen surname - Prominent people
• Chen surname - Fictional characters with surname Chen
• Chen surname - Other meanings of Chen

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Taiji may also mean: Taiji - a town in Wakayama, Japan Taiji - a Japanese musician. The Taiji (Traditional Chinese characters: 太極, the 'Supreme Ultimate'; Pinyin: tàijí; Wade-Giles: T'ai Chi; Cantonese IPA: [tɑɪ3gɪk6]; Jyutping: tai3gik6; Japanese: Taikyoku; Korean: Taeguk, Taegeuk or T'aegŭk) is a concept introduced in the Zhuang Zi and so has an early connection with Taoism (pronounced "Daoism"). However, it also appears in the ...

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Zhang (Traditional Chinese: 張, Simplified Chinese: 张, pinyin: Zhāng, Wade-Giles: Chang, Yale: Jeung, Jyutping: Zoeng1, Hong Kong Government: Cheung) is among the most common Chinese surnames. There are currently well over 100 million people worldwide with this surname. The use of this surname dates back to about 4,700 years ago. This surname is often mispronounced by American English speakers as IPA [ʒæŋ]; its actual pronunciatio ...

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• Zhang surname - Character Analysis
• Zhang surname - History of the Surname 張
• Zhang surname - Prominent people with Chinese family name 張/张
• Zhang surname - Prominent people with Chinese family name 章
• Zhang surname - Prominent people with Korean family name 장 張/章
• Zhang surname - Prominent people with Vietnamese family name Trương 張
• Zhang surname - Prominent people with Vietnamese family name Chương 章

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Xu can be a pinyin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames: 徐 (pinyin Xú, also spelled Hsü or Tsui) 許 (traditional) or 许 (simplified), (pinyin Xǔ, also spelled Hui or Hii) In this context it is pronounced somewhat like Shoo or simply Shh. Xu Beihong, painter Xu Bing, artist Xu Huang, character from Romance of the Three Kingdoms Xu Jun, chess player Xu Sheng, 3rd century general Xu Shichang, Pre ...

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Zhuge Liang (181 - 234) was one of the greatest strategists of post-Han China, as well as a statesman, engineer, scholar, and legendary inventor of baozi. Zhuge is an uncommon two-character compound family name. Zhuge Liang - Various names in different forms. Zhuge Liang - Family name and given name. Traditional Chinese characters: 諸葛亮 Simplified Chinese characters: :诸葛亮 Pinyin: Zhūge Liàng Wade-Giles:Chuko Liang ...

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• Zhuge Liang - Various names in different forms
• Zhuge Liang - Family name and given name
• Zhuge Liang - Courtesy name
• Zhuge Liang - Other names
• Zhuge Liang - Early life
• Zhuge Liang - Rise to prominence
• Zhuge Liang - The Southern Expedition
• Zhuge Liang - The Northern Expeditions
• Zhuge Liang - Legacy
• Zhuge Liang - Zhuge Liang's Wife Huang Yueying

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Zhū Róngjì (born October 1, 1928, Simplified Chinese: 朱镕基; Traditional Chinese: 朱鎔基; Wade-Giles: Chu Jung-chi) was the 9th Premier of the People's Republic of China State Council (March 1998-March 2003), and was a Standing Committee member of the Politburo of 15th CPC Central Committee (September 1997-November 2002). He was born in Changsha, Hunan province and graduated from Tsinghua University in 1951. Due to limitations of the original GB2312 character set, his name was and is often given as 朱熔基, although ...

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• Zhu Rongji - Purges rehabilitation and Deng Xiaoping
• Zhu Rongji - Career in Shanghai
• Zhu Rongji - Vice Premiership
• Zhu Rongji - Premiership
• Zhu Rongji - Viewpoint
• Zhu Rongji - Personal

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(Greek αρετη; Latin virtus) Virtue is moral excellence of a man or a woman. The word is derived from the Greek arete (αρετη). As applied to humans, a virtue is a good character trait. The Latin word virtus literally means "manliness," from vir, "man" in the masculine sense; and referred originally to masculine, warlike virtues such as courage. In one of the many ironies of etymology, in English the word virtue is often used to refer to a woman's chastity. Virtue can also be meant in another way. V ...

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• Virtue - The four virtues
• Virtue - Virtue in the Western philosophical tradition
• Virtue - The unity of the virtues
• Virtue - Prudence and virtue
• Virtue - The Christian virtues
• Virtue - Virtue and vice
• Virtue - Capital Vices and Virtues
• Virtue - Virtue in Chinese philosophy
• Virtue - Occurrences of the word 'Virtue'

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A martial art, often referred to as a fighting system, is a system of codified practices and traditions of training for combat, usually (but not always) without the use of guns and other modern weapons. Today, people study martial arts for various reasons including sport, fitness, self-defense, self-cultivation (meditation), mental discipline & character development, and self-confidence. "Martial arts" derives from the Japanese terms bugei (武芸) and the synonymous bujutsu (武術) or their Chinese eq ...

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• Martial arts - Overview
• Martial arts - History
• Martial arts - Martial arts in Asia
• Martial arts - Martial arts in Europe
• Martial arts - Martial arts in North America
• Martial arts - Martial arts internationally
• Martial arts - Comparisons between martial arts
• Martial arts - Technical aspects
• Martial arts - Testing and Competition
• Martial arts - Forms
• Martial arts - Light and medium-contact sparring
• Martial arts - Full-contact fighting
• Martial arts - Martial arts and self defense
• Martial arts - Martial arts as sport
• Martial arts - Martial arts and dance
• Martial arts - Notable styles of martial arts
• Martial arts - Further resources

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