Chinese character Fa (law)

"Law" and "anti-corruption" have been chosen as the Character and Word of the Year 2014, respectively, according to a survey released on Friday.

The winning Chinese character and word were chosen from a pool of more than 7,000 recommended by Internet users over the last month, according to a survey conducted by the Chinese National Language Monitoring and Research Center and the Commercial Press.

This is the first time in the Character and Word of the Year's nine-year history that the public have been able to recommend and vote for the winners. In the past, the final decision was in the hands of experts.

The selection panel, which included media and linguistic experts, also chose "missing" and "Malaysia Airlines" as the international Chinese character and word of the year.

Also released Friday were "catchword of the year", "new word of the year" and "Internet slang of the year", which were selected based on research by the research center.

Last year's character and word were "House" and "positive energy". Past winners have included "dream", "smog", and "tuhao", a disparaging term for rich people with poor taste.

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