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第二次漢字簡化方案

简第二次汉字简化方案 · 繁第二次漢字簡化方案

Mandarin · pinyin Dì èr Cì Hàn zì Jiǎn huà Fāng àn

Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986)

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第: dì · sequence, number; grade, degree
二: èr · two; twice
次: cì · order, sequence; next
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字: zì · letter, character, word
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化: huà · change, convert, reform; -ize
方: fāng · a square, rectangle; a region; local
案: àn · table, bench; legal case
汉: hàn · Chinese people; Chinese language
简: jiǎn · simple, terse, succinct, a letter

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4–4–4–4–4–3–4–1–4 · Di4 er4 Ci4 Han4 zi4 Jian3 hua4 Fang1 an4

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