我编过一张《3,650个常用字表》,是就四十五天内在香港出版的四种报纸,由我评估那四张报纸内的文章,公认写得比较流利,内容也比较广宽。因广告不被计算在内,所以不该重复的字也不会被重复,共得1,411,088个字。但是简、繁体作一个字计算,也只得4,687个不同的字。 其中有3,650个常用字(即77.9％)竟占到1,408,573个字中的99.8％,和计得字数只差2,515个,或千分之一点八。 常用字和非常用字数比较差1,037个不 I compiled a “3,650 commonly-used word lists”, which are four newspapers published in Hong Kong within 45 days. By my assessment of the articles in the four newspapers, I am generally well-read and fairly broad-based. Since advertisements are not counted, the words that should not be repeated will not be duplicated for a total of 1,411,088 words. However, there are only 4,687 different words in simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese characters. Of these, 3,650 commonly used words (77.9%) actually account for 99.8% of the 1,408,573 words, with a difference of 2,515, or 1.8 per 1,000. Common words and unusually bad words 1,037 not