> with a whopping differential of 21 strokes, 廳→厅 (hall) is the most drastic change in the entire script. As 丁’s phonetic clue is [not very useful], several use

> with a whopping differential of 21 strokes, 廳→厅 (hall) is the most drastic change in the entire script. As 丁’s phonetic clue is [not very useful], several users of traditional react with horror to this change Perhaps because that character is often used together with the 餐(dining) character which was never simplified to make 餐厅(restaurant), which looks jarring when used together. Some good news is that 餐 is often unofficially simplified to its topleft component only, i.e. 歺, which is the 16 strokes reduced down to 5. I often see 歺厅 on signs near where I live (Wuhan) which looks much cleaner. Perhaps another round of character simplification by the PRC is in order! Edit: Just noticed the picture in the linked-to source showing the same thing. I must have chosen a very common example.