The majority of simplified characters are drawn from conventional abbreviated forms, or ancient standard forms. For example, the orthodox character 來 lái ("come") was written with the structure 来 in the clerical script (隶书 / 隸書, lìshū) of the Han dynasty. This clerical form uses one fewer stroke, and was thus adopted as a simplified form. The character 雲 yún ("cloud") was written with the structure 云 in the oracle bone script of the Shang dynasty, and had remained in use later as a phonetic loan in the meaning of "to say" while the 雨 radical was added to differentiate meanings. The simplified form adopts the original structure. COUNT 3
QSN1 What are drawn from conventional abbreviated forms? ANS1 majority of simplified characters QSN2 What was written with the structure in the clerical script? ANS2 orthodox character QSN3 What script uses one fewer stroke? ANS3 clerical script