I've created a set of flashcards that contain all simplifications patterns. The card set consists of several tables:
Table 1: 350 Unique simplifications. These patterns are unique (not necessarily 1 to 1), and are not repeated when the character occurs as a component
Table 2: 132 Generalized Simplifications. These patterns occur in the standalone form as well as when the character occurs as a component, unless the character is included in Table 1.
Table 2 Radicals: 14 Generalized radical simplifications. These components are simplified whenever they occur in the traditional form, unless the character occurs in Table 1. Not all the radicals in this table have a standalone encoding in UTF-8, so for these I have chosen the simplest characters to demonstrate the change of the part, for example 學 -> 学 and 澤 -> 泽. So these transformations would occur whenever you encounter the top half of 學 or the right side of 澤.
Variants: Appendix of 39 Merged variant characters. These are not simplifications per se. they are cases where a variant character has been abolished in favor of an already existing simpler variant. for example 佈->布. Both forms previously existed, however the first has been abandoned
T1-0-50, T1-51-100, T1-101-151, etc: These tables contain the same unique simplifications in table 1, but they are broken into sets of 50 sorted by frequency. This should make it easier to study in smaller chunks and also make the most efficient use of your time since you can study the most common ones first.
notes:
I have not included the 35 changed place names from the appendix, or table 3, which is a redundant and non-exhaustive table of simplifications based on the rules of the previous tables.
In place of pinyin, I have included symbols to denote which table the transformation occurs in. I have done this for several reasons. First, the table in which the pattern occurs is important, since you should know if a particular simplification is repeated or unique. Also, you are likely to learn the pronunciation and meaning of of the characters elsewhere. If you still would like to know the pronunciations and meanings, you can still use the pop up functions in pleco to look them up from within the flashcard session.
Importing these cards:
When importing these cards, Select "file only" as the definition source under the "Dicts" option sub-screen. This is important because you do not want these cards linked against any dictionary.
Using these cards:
To study these transformations, I use the following settings:
Force Character Set : Traditional Only, or Simplified Only. This way, only one form is shown to you initially, and then both forms once you reveal the card.
Defn size: 36. You can adjust this one to your needs, but since the alternate form is in the definition, the size should probably be readable.
Table 1: 350 Unique simplifications. These patterns are unique (not necessarily 1 to 1), and are not repeated when the character occurs as a component
Table 2: 132 Generalized Simplifications. These patterns occur in the standalone form as well as when the character occurs as a component, unless the character is included in Table 1.
Table 2 Radicals: 14 Generalized radical simplifications. These components are simplified whenever they occur in the traditional form, unless the character occurs in Table 1. Not all the radicals in this table have a standalone encoding in UTF-8, so for these I have chosen the simplest characters to demonstrate the change of the part, for example 學 -> 学 and 澤 -> 泽. So these transformations would occur whenever you encounter the top half of 學 or the right side of 澤.
Variants: Appendix of 39 Merged variant characters. These are not simplifications per se. they are cases where a variant character has been abolished in favor of an already existing simpler variant. for example 佈->布. Both forms previously existed, however the first has been abandoned
T1-0-50, T1-51-100, T1-101-151, etc: These tables contain the same unique simplifications in table 1, but they are broken into sets of 50 sorted by frequency. This should make it easier to study in smaller chunks and also make the most efficient use of your time since you can study the most common ones first.
notes:
I have not included the 35 changed place names from the appendix, or table 3, which is a redundant and non-exhaustive table of simplifications based on the rules of the previous tables.
In place of pinyin, I have included symbols to denote which table the transformation occurs in. I have done this for several reasons. First, the table in which the pattern occurs is important, since you should know if a particular simplification is repeated or unique. Also, you are likely to learn the pronunciation and meaning of of the characters elsewhere. If you still would like to know the pronunciations and meanings, you can still use the pop up functions in pleco to look them up from within the flashcard session.
Importing these cards:
When importing these cards, Select "file only" as the definition source under the "Dicts" option sub-screen. This is important because you do not want these cards linked against any dictionary.
Using these cards:
To study these transformations, I use the following settings:
Force Character Set : Traditional Only, or Simplified Only. This way, only one form is shown to you initially, and then both forms once you reveal the card.
Defn size: 36. You can adjust this one to your needs, but since the alternate form is in the definition, the size should probably be readable.