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A Study on the New Chinese Characters Appeared on the Internet in China

  • The Journal of Chinese Cultural Studies
  • 2019, (46), pp.225-263
  • DOI : 10.18212/cccs.2019..46.010
  • Publisher : The Society For Chinese Cultural Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature > Chinese Literature > Chinese Culture
  • Received : October 16, 2019
  • Accepted : November 17, 2019
  • Published : November 30, 2019

Park, Seok Hong 1

1동국대학교

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ABSTRACT

Looking at the whole process of the occurrence and change of Chinese characters, new Chinese characters were constantly created in accordance with the change and development of society and the development of people's perception of the classification of objects. The gradual increase in the number of letters related to animals, plants and objects illustrate of this fact. In particular, from the early 20th century to the 1960s, the formation of new cultures and the introduction of new objects served as a momentum for the increase in demand related to the production of large numbers of new characters. The most representative example is the increase in the number of Chinese characters that represent the symbol of the chemical element. It is rare in the history of Chinese characters to see such a large increase in such a short period of time. Recently in China, new "characters" have been created by Chinese Internet users at online space, or existing characters have been used in entirely new way. These new "characters" have emerged as the background of modern Chinese society and culture, and these unique characters can be called “New Chinese Characters on the Internet in China”. This paper just analyzed the shape and structure features of these new “characters”, and also analyzed the social and cultural factors of the production and distribution of these “New Chinese Characters on the Internet in China”.

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