Xin zixing

Taiwan's Standard 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 the Standard Form of National Characters the xin zixing is more common in areas using traditional characters.

Characteristics

The xin zixing adopted various popular forms of its characters. For example:

• 群 The orthodox form of this character has 君 above 羊, i.e. 羣.
• 峰 The orthodox form of this character has 山 above 夆, i.e. 峯.
• 令 The orthodox form of this character has 亼 above 卩, i.e. 令.
  • Derived new characters: 冷 (冷), 铃/鈴 (鈴), etc.
• 兑 The orthodox form of this character is 兌.
  • Derived new characters: 税 (稅), 说/説 (說), etc.
• 青 The orthodox form of this character is 靑.
  • Derived new characters: 清 (淸), 静 (靜), etc.
• 幾 The orthodox form of this character is 幾.
• 卬 The orthodox form of this character is 卭 (3 strokes become 2 strokes).
• 印 The orthodox form of this character is 印 (4 strokes become 3 strokes).
• 熙 The orthodox form of this character is 煕.

However, it does adopt certain more orthodox variants, compared to the Taiwan and Hong Kong standards:

• 爲 the vulgar form of this character is 為 and the orthodox form of this character is 爲 with the second and fourth strokes pointing out.