Currently, the research on Chinese characters’examination in Korea is still lack of quantitative investigation and statistic information which are systematic and microscopic. Such shortage is a pity of modern research of Chinese characters in Korea and academia of Chinese characters should pay attention to this situation. The forms and quantity of Chinese characters is the foundation of regulating Chinese characters’examination. In order to edit the table of Chinese characters, a practical survey must be conducted. Based on this awareness, the researching group has imported the lists of Chinese characters from eight organizations conducting examination of Chinese characters into a database. By counting the quantity of characters, combining the information from Chinese characters’table of official examinations and the statistics of Chinese characters’ frequency in the database, then comparing them, our research group has established the important reference to define the Chinese characters’table, quantity of Chinese characters, and types of Chinese characters, which is a breakthrough. With this study, we have obtained a reliable cornerstone for the study of the quantity and types of Chinese characters used in Chinese examinations in Korea.

• 河永三
• 王平