17,000 rare Chinese characters digitized; total number expands to 88,115

China's national language authority has published a new Chinese Coded Character Set to allow more than 17,000 rare Chinese characters be recognized by computers, according to Central China Television on Sunday. The expansion, a huge leap forward in computing as well as Chinese characters' protection, brings the total number of characters in the set to 88,115.

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