Traditional Chinese characters
late imperial Chinese characters still used for official purposes on Taiwan and in Hong Kong and Macau and informally elsewhere / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Traditional Chinese characters are one of the two commonly used forms of Chinese characters. As its name shows, it is the "traditional" written form of the Chinese language that first came about during the Han Dynasty (shortly after the Qin Dynasty) in 206 BC. The name "traditional" is used to set them apart from simplified Chinese characters.