variant character
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
variant character form; alternate written form of a character
formalA technical term used in philology, paleography, and lexicography referring to a character that has the same meaning and pronunciation as the standard form but differs in graphical shape. Now primarily found in classical texts and academic contexts.
Gǔ古
wén文
xiàn献
zhōng中
cháng常
chū出
xiàn现
xǔ许
duō多
chóng重
wén文
，
yán研
jiū究
shí时
xū需
yào要
zǐ仔
xì细
biàn辨
bié别
。
Ancient texts often contain many variant characters, which require careful identification during research.
Zhè这
ge个
zì字
de的
chóng重
wén文
zài在
zì字
diǎn典
de的
fù附
lù录
lǐ里
kě可
yǐ以
chá查
dào到
。
The variant forms of this character can be found in the appendix of the dictionary.
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“
kǎo考
”
yǔ与
“
kǎo攷
”
shì是
yī一
duì对
chóng重
wén文
。
"考" and "攷" are a pair of variant characters.