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core · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 核 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 核心; on the Mainland it is 内核 - both point at “core”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 核心、內核 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
Neither term carries an HSK or TOCFL level in this table - this pair is dictionary-recorded, not syllabus-derived.
Pair source: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 核心 | 内核 |
| Reading | ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄣ hé xīn | nèi hé ㄋㄟˋ ㄏㄜˊ |
| Senses | core; nucleus | core (of a fruit); (fig.) the essence (of a concept or doctrine etc); (geology) inner core |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 核心 · 內核 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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