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Thexin zixing (Chinese:新字形;pinyin:xīn zìxíng;Jyutping:san1 zi6jing4;lit. 'new character forms') are a set ofstandardizedChinese character forms. It is based on the 1964 "List of character forms of Common Chinese characters for Publishing" (印刷通用汉字字形表;Yìnshuà Tōngyòng Hànzì Zìxíngbiǎo) as compared tojiu zixing. The standard is based onregular script andpopular characters, and changes are made to the printed version ofSong (Ming) typefaces. This standard covers thesimplified andtraditional characters, which separates it from other standards.SimSun font uses this standard, which shows variation with other regional standards such asMingLiU andTaiwan'sKaiU, and with the regular script version ofSimKai, which is the written character standard for China.
Taiwan'sStandard Form of National Characters made changes to the printed version of Mingsong typefaces, varying greatly from the Table of Common Chinese character in printing press and featuring drastic changes to the Ming typefaces, e.g. changing⻍ and辶 to⻎. The usage of calling theStandard Form of National Characters thexin zixing is more common in areas using traditional characters.
Thexin zixing adopted variouspopular forms of its characters.[1] For example:
However, it does adopt certain more orthodox variants, compared to theTaiwan andHong Kong standards:
