italki Language Learning

Personalized 1-on-1 language lessons with native teachers on italki! 🎉 Buy $10 get $5 for free for your first lesson with code JULESY3. 👉 Book a lesson:https://go.italki.com/julesy2603 📱 Get the app: https://go.italki.com/julesy2603app Have you ever noticed that sometimes Chinese characters don't look the way you expect them to? Well, that's due to regional standardizations differences between Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, but the reasons behind these differences can be traced back to over 2000 years ago. Join me on a journey to discover the ever-changing, living and breathing Chinese script. [Timeline] [00:19] Intro [00:51] Chinese Character Encoding in CN, TW, HK [05:55] Origin of Chinese Characters [07:27] Clerical script 隶书, Cursive Script 草书 [08:26] Regular script 楷书, Running Script 行书 [09:50] The Case Study of 峰/峯 [11:17] Technological Development of Printing [12:40] Japan's Development of 明朝体 & Its Influence [14:06] Mainland China's Modern Printing Culture [References] Huang, L. (2023). About Chinese type design (2/3). https://www.lisahuang.work/about-chinese-type-design-2-3 justfont. (2025, February). A beginner’s guide to Chinese character sets. https://blog.justfont.com/2025/02/chinese-character-sets-en/ Liu, E. Q. (n.d.). Understanding CJK regional character variants. Typotheque. https://www.typotheque.com/articles/understanding-cjk-regional-character-variants Pixso协同设计. (2020). 告别臃肿字体包，可变字体让产品UI设计随心所欲！ Zhihu. https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/138702214 ATypl. (2023). [Evolution of Chinese Typeforms in the 19th and 20th Century | Xunchang Cheng | ATypI 2023 Paris]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kT0dGfPuUg SAY HI! Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/julesytooshoes