popular non-standard character variant; vulgar form
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popular variant of a Chinese character; non-standard character form used in folk traditions
technicalRefers to unofficial, often simplified or variant forms of characters that were historically popular in handwritten texts and folk usage, but not considered standard. Examples include 觧 (for 解) and 塟 (for 葬). Also called 俗字.
Zhè这
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
lǐ里
yǒu有
hěn很
duō多
sú俗
tǐ体
zì字
。
This article contains many popular non-standard character variants.
“
Jiě觧
”
shì是
“
jiě解
”
de的
sú俗
tǐ体
zì字
。
“Jie” (觧) is the popular variant form of “jie” (解).
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Sú俗
tǐ体
zì字
zài在
gǔ古
dài代
shǒu手
xiě写
wén文
xiàn献
zhōng中
hěn很
cháng常
jiàn见
。
Popular character variants are very common in ancient handwritten documents.
Yán研
jiū究
sú俗
tǐ体
zì字
yǒu有
zhù助
yú于
liǎo了
jiě解
hàn汉
zì字
de的
lì历
shǐ史
yǎn演
biàn变
。
Studying popular character variants helps us understand the historical evolution of Chinese characters.
Yǔ与
guī规
fàn范
zì字
xiāng相
bǐ比
，
sú俗
tǐ体
zì字
de的
xiě写
fǎ法
wǎng往
wǎng往
gèng更
wéi为
jiǎn简
biàn便
。
Compared to standard characters, the writing of popular variants is often more convenient.