Derived Characters
Many of the simplified Chinese characters are modeled on the printed forms of the cursive forms of the corresponding characters (simplified Chinese: 草书楷化; traditional Chinese: 草書楷化; pinyin: cǎoshūkǎihuà).
Cursive script forms of Chinese characters are also the origin of the Japanese hiragana script, which developed from cursive forms of the man'yōgana script. In Japan, cursive script was considered to be suitable for women, and was called women’s script (女手, onnade?), whereas the clerical style was considered to be suitable for men, and was called men’s script (男手, otokode?).
Read more about this topic: Cursive Script (East Asia)
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