| Summary: | 碩士 === 慈濟大學 === 東方語文學系碩士班 === 107 === “Simplified Character” generally refers to Chinese characters with reduced strokes and simple structure, yet specifically refers to Simplified Characters included in “The Complete List of Simplified Chinese Character” in Mainland China. It was promulgated by Mainland China in 1986 and has been around for 33 years. Such character list is divided into three lists. The first list contains 350 Simplified Characters which could not be used as simplified component. Whilst the second list contains 132 characters and 14 components which both could be used as simplified component. And the third list contains 1753 Simplified Characters which generated from the utilization of the second list and do not include the repeated characters. Variant Character generally refers to “Partial Variant Character” and “Complete Variant Character”, yet specifically only refers to “Complete Variant Character”. The “Partial Variant Character” refers to the Chinese characters with difference appearance, but with partially same pronunciation, meaning, and usage, including some “Loan Character” and “Ancient-Modern Character”. The “Complete Variant Character” refers to the Chinese characters with difference appearance, but with completely same pronunciation, meaning, and usage.
This thesis mainly explores the phenomenon of Variant Chinese Character throughout Simplified Chinese Character, consists of five chapters. The first chapter “Introduction”, which introduces research motive and purpose, literature review and discussion, research scope, research procedures and methods. The second chapter “Simplified Chinese Character”, introduces the definition, aliases, classification, development of Simplified Chinese Character, and the rules and regulations of Simplified Chinese Character which currently used in Mainland China. The third chapter “The Investigation of the Origin of Simplified Chinese Character”, it analyses the creation and the regulation of Simplified Chinese Character by observing the evolution of Standard Chinese Character, Variant Chinese Character, Simplified Chinese Character and implementing the classification and the arrangement of Variant Chinese Character. The fourth chapter “Variant Chinese Character”, introduces the definition, aliases, classification of Variant Chinese Character, and the relationship between Variant Chinese Character and “Loan Character”, “Ancient-Modern Character”, “Differentiation Character” Simplified Chinese Character. The fifth chapter “An Example of Variant Chinese Characters’ Development”, it analyses the evolution of 10 different Variant Chinese Characters which related to Simplified Chinese Characters. The last chapter “Conclusion” concludes the research result of Variant Chinese Characters and Simplified Chinese Characters.
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