How many Chinese characters are there in China since ancient times, and how many are commonly used?

At present, the total number of Chinese characters has exceeded 80,000, while there are only 3,500 commonly used characters. Although the number of commonly used words has not changed much, the total number of thesaurus has increased. It is understood that the Sea of Chinese Characters published by 1994 contains 870 19 Chinese characters, and the Chinese character font of Beijing Guoan Consulting Equipment Company, which has passed the expert appraisal, has the source of 9 125 1 Chinese characters, which is said to be the most complete font in China at present. In sharp contrast to the huge Chinese character library, the number of variant characters commonly used in daily written language in past dynasties is generally controlled at three or four thousand. The number of Oracle Bone Inscriptions did not exceed the original script. country