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| | Simplified characters |
 | | In US universities, most schools try to accommodate both styles and most start with traditional characters and introduced simplified characters for the higher levels (there are notable exceptions, such as Stanford, which just decided to start with simplified characters). |
 | | The “esthetic” argument, i.e., simplified characters are ugly, presumably due to the loss of balance and symmetry as the result of stroke reduction. |
 | | In conclusion, although there are simplified characters that are simpler, more regular and more semantically and phonetically transparent, not every simplified character is so. |
| www-rohan.sdsu.edu /dept/chinese/aspect/simplified.html (1829 words) |
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