# GBK

> historical character set designed for the simplified Chinese writing system, standardized in GB 16500 and used in the People's Republic of China

**Wikidata**: [Q1484788](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1484788)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBK_(character_encoding))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/gbk


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013