Replacing a complex components on one side of a character with a simpler symbol, e.g., 鸡for 雞 (ji, "chicken"), 欢for 歡 (huan, "happy") and 难for 難 (nan, "difficult").
八、用簡單符號取代複雜偏旁：如雞（鸡）、歡（欢）、難（难）之左偏旁改為又。