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Chinese Characters (Simplified)
The letters and characters of Chinese written in the Simplified script, in order — every standard character with its name and codepoint, the additional and punctuation sets, and exactly how many fonts include them. About 1,286,444,446 people read or write it across 7 countries.
Chinese is also written in: (Traditional)(Latin)
Standard characters
The minimal set of characters required for Chinese — the language's alphabet, in its traditional order. Tap a character to copy it; each name opens the full character page.
Additional Characters
Used for foreign words, names and technical terms, and older forms of the language.
Punctuation characters
The marks used to separate sentences and to clarify meaning.
Where Chinese (Simplified) is read
Countries shaded by the share of their population that reads or writes Chinese in the Simplified script.
Estimated readers — share of each country's population (CLDR).
| Country | Estimated readers | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| China | 1,274,436,000 | 90% |
| Malaysia | 5,876,016 | 17% |
| Singapore | 4,641,914 | 77% |
| Canada | 1,047,460 | 2.7% |
| Hong Kong SAR China | 364,891 | 5% |
| Mongolia | 45,944 | 1.4% |
| Macao SAR China | 32,221 | 5% |
Chinese (Simplified) — facts
| Font coverage | 5 of 137,179 fonts include every one of the 2,210 standard characters; 4 include the standard and additional sets together. Counts are exact for the snapshot of 21 October 2026. |
|---|---|
| Script | Han |
| Unicode blocks | Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, General Punctuation, CJK Symbols and Punctuation, CJK Unified Ideographs, Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| People | About 1,286,444,446 people read or write Chinese in the Simplified script — mostly in China, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Hong Kong SAR China. |
| Also written in | Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Latin) |
Data: Unicode CLDR exemplar characters (CLDR 48.2.0) and CLDR territory population data. Font counts: snapshot of 21 October 2026.