Chinese characters
In the Republic of China (Taiwan), which uses traditional Chinese characters, the Ministry of Education's Changyong Guozi Biaozhun Ziti Biao (Chang Yong Guo Zi Biao Zhun Zi Ti Biao , Chart of Standard Forms of Common National Characters) lists 4,808 characters; the Ci Changyong Guozi Biaozhun Ziti Biao (Ci Chang Yong Guo Zi Biao Zhun Zi Ti Biao , Chart of Standard Forms of Less-Than-Common National Characters) lists another 6,341 characters. The Chinese Standard Interchange Code (CNS11643)--the official national encoding standard--supports 48,027 characters, while the most widely used encoding scheme, BIG-5, supports only 13,053.
What area uses traditional Chinese characters?
Taiwan
In the Republic of China (Taiwan), which uses traditional Chinese characters, the Ministry of Education's Changyong Guozi Biaozhun Ziti Biao (Chang Yong Guo Zi Biao Zhun Zi Ti Biao , Chart of Standard Forms of Common National Characters) lists 4,808 characters; the Ci Changyong Guozi Biaozhun Ziti Biao (Ci Chang Yong Guo Zi Biao Zhun Zi Ti Biao , Chart of Standard Forms of Less-Than-Common National Characters) lists another 6,341 characters.
traditional Chinese characters