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This page lists some simplified Chinese chars that i consider good or bad.
The following are based on older forms, getting rid of redundancy or making it more logical.
氣→气
殺→杀
雲→云
淚→泪
為→为 This is good because it's a abstract word. The traditional form makes no sense at all, especially with the misleading radical that's related to cooking.
麗→丽
聽→听
響→响
麼→么
random garbage simplications
葉→叶 This is one of the worst. Losing the grass radical, and adding a mouth radical. No added merit such as phonetic parts or ideographic morphology. It's a complete abomination.
夢→梦 Losing the grass radical is good, but the new char's radical of wood 木 is not so good. Better would be simply removing the grass radical.
關→关 This one, the new char does not make sense at all. It would be better to leave it as 门+关.
壞→坏
劃→划
寧→宁
農→农
聖→圣
鄧→邓
啟→启
聲→声
興→兴
豐→丰