现代汉字笔画系统简化刍议

On the Simplification of the Stroke System of Chinese Characters

笔画系统的面貌——笔画的种类与个体差异——在最基础的层面上影响着汉字的面貌和难度。笔画系统的简化对汉字的规范、传承及传播意义重大。本文的数据和论证表明,在不引起重新认读的前提下,笔画系统笔画总数至少可以由现在的32个简缩为25个,降幅高达20%以上。

The stroke system, including stroke types and individual differences, has great influence on the overall panorama and the difficulty level of Chinese Characters. Simplifying stroke system plays a significant role in the standardiza- tion, publicity and inheritance of Chinese Characters. This paper, with convincing statistics, proves that, without caus- ing extra reading effort, the number of strokes is reduced from 32 to 25, the rate of which has decreased by over 20%.