technical
noun

Meaning of 俗体字

俗体字 means popular variant of a Chinese character; non-standard character form used in folk traditions. Pronounced sú tǐ zì.

  • popular variant of a Chinese character; non-standard character form used in folk traditions

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
piān
wén
zhāng
yǒu
hěn
duō
 

This article contains many popular non-standard character variants.

 
Jiě
 
shì
 
jiě
 
de
 

“Jie” (觧) is the popular variant form of “jie” (解).

zài
dài
shǒu
xiě
wén
xiàn
zhōng
hěn
cháng
jiàn
 

Popular character variants are very common in ancient handwritten documents.

Yán
jiū
yǒu
zhù
liǎo
jiě
hàn
de
shǐ
yǎn
biàn
 

Studying popular character variants helps us understand the historical evolution of Chinese characters.

guī
fàn
xiāng
 
de
xiě
wǎng
wǎng
gèng
wéi
jiǎn
biàn便
 

Compared to standard characters, the writing of popular variants is often more convenient.

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