Differences between Shinjitai and Simplified characters

Differences between shinjitai and simplified characters in the Japanese and Chinese languages exist.

Some of the traditional kanji are not included in the Japanese font of Windows XP/2000, and only rectangles are shown.

Downloading the Meiryo font from the Microsoft website (VistaFont_JPN.EXE) and installing it will solve this problem.

For example, in Japan, 必 is written with the top dot first, while the traditional stroke order writes the 丿 first.

Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau use traditional characters, though with an altered stroke order.