RE: Unicode is optimal for Chinese/Japanese multilingual texts

[Pierpaolo BERNARDI]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> A side node about Externsion B.  I printed the pdf file found in Unicode
> website.  NONE of the characters there I have ever encountered/used before.
> So the complete (or almost complete) CJK ideographs may seem to be a lot,
> but actually only several thousands are used daily.  For me, it is about
> four thousand or so.

I read somewhere that a normal printshop in China has available about
7000 / 8000 characters.  My Xiandai Hanyu Cidian contains about 14000
characters (and 70000 / 80000 composite words).

Clearly, Unicode must cover more than what is needed for everyday
communications in modern Chinese.

P.

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