第二次汉字简化方案

Traditional form:

第二次漢字簡化方案

Pinyin (reading):

Dì'èrcì Hànzì Jiǎnhuà Fāng'àn

Definitions:

• Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986)
• abbr. to 二簡／二简 (èrjiǎn)

Characters:

• 第 - sequence, number; grade, degree; particle prefacing an ordinal
• 二 - two; twice
• 次 - order, sequence; second, next; one after the other
• 汉 - Chinese people; Chinese language
• 字 - character, letter, symbol, word
• 简 - simple, succinct, terse; a letter
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 方 - square, rectangle; side; region; flag
• 案 - file, legal case; bench, table

Traditional characters:

• 第 - sequence, number; grade, degree; particle prefacing an ordinal
• 二 - two; twice
• 次 - order, sequence; second, next; one after the other
• 漢 - Chinese people; Chinese language
• 字 - character, letter, symbol, word
• 簡 - simple, succinct, terse; a letter
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 方 - square, rectangle; side; region; flag
• 案 - file, legal case; bench, table