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Of course I'm talking about casual writing as opposed to formal or polite
writing.

There are many 新字体 that were kind of "half" simplified in to the equivalent
simplified Chinese forms such as 関 and 広 (just randomly picking) where the
simplified Chinese equivalent would be 关 and 广.

Then there are kanji that aren't simplified at all such as 門, 個 and 機 where
the Chinese simplified would be 门, 个 and 机.

Furthermore there are characters that only get simplified when they are
radicals such as 金 in 銀 that gets simplified to 银 in Chinese.

My question is that are these simplified Chinese versions of the kanji
sometimes used in place of the Japanese version? This is mainly concerning the
characters that end up with less strokes in simplified Chinese compared to
Japan's versions since they would (usually) be faster to write.
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Usage of simplified chinese in place of some kanji in handwriting
> Are these simplified Chinese versions of the kanji sometimes used in place
> of the Japanese version?

The answer is yes, if the Chinese simplification coincides with the
simplification used in Japan. These simplifications have existed long before
the writing reform in the 1960s and so it is only natural that there would be
some overlap.

These 略字 are often employed in handwriting (as are カタカナ and ひらがな where
appropriate) to avoid having to write full 漢字 characters. One example would be
university lectures delivered on the blackboard, where a lot of characters
have to be written in a limited time.

As far as I know, 略字 are not used in print.

Like I commented, 門 _is_ in fact simplified to ![門の略字 \(used under GFDL from
Wikimedia
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ja/0/09/RYAKUJI_2-0000.gif\)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eY1Lg.gif)
and, e.g., 関 would be simplified to ![門の略字 \(used under GFDL from Wikimedia
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ja/0/09/RYAKUJI_2-0000.gif\)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eY1Lg.gif)
with 关 _inside_ (not on its own).

Likewise 機 is simplified to 木偏 plus キ, and 個 is simplified to 人偏 plus 口, so
that all of the examples you claim to be not have simplifications, do in fact
have simplifications (which just don't coincide with the simplification for
Simplified Chinese). However, 言偏 can be simplified to 讠, as in Simplified
Chinese.

I think Japanese 略字 don't include any lopsided characters like 广.
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