shǒu
tóu

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Meaning of 手头字

手头字 means old term for simplified Chinese characters. Pronounced shǒu tóu zì.

  • old term for simplified Chinese characters

Definitions & Examples

Shǒu
tóu
shì
jiǎn
de
jiù
chēng
 
liú
xíng
èr
shí
shì
sān
shí
nián
dài
 

Shoutouzi is the old term for simplified characters, popular in the 1930s.

Dāng
shí
wén
huà
jiè
le
shǒu
tóu
yùn
dòng
 
chàng
shǐ使
yòng
huà
jiǎn
dān
de
shǒu
tóu
 

At that time, cultural circles launched the Shoutouzi Movement, advocating the use of Shoutouzi with simple strokes.

Shǒu
tóu
yùn
dòng
bèi
shì
wéi
Hàn
jiǎn
huà
de
xiān
shēng
 

The Shoutouzi Movement is regarded as the precursor to Chinese character simplification.

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