variant character; allograph
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1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
variant character; character having the same pronunciation and meaning as the standard form but a different glyph
technicalA technical term in typography, paleography, and dictionary compilation. Variant characters are often eliminated in standardized character sets but preserved in historical texts.
“
Kǎo攷
”
shì是
“
kǎo考
”
de的
yì异
tǐ体
zì字
。
“攷” is a variant form of “考”.
“
Dī隄
”
shì是
“
dī堤
”
de的
yì异
tǐ体
zì字
。
“隄” is a variant form of “堤”.
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Zhěng整
lǐ理
gǔ古
jí籍
shí时
xū需
yào要
shí识
bié别
gè各
zhǒng种
yì异
tǐ体
zì字
。
When collating ancient texts, it is necessary to recognize various variant characters.
19551
nián9
fā5
bù5
le年
dì发
yī布
pī了
《
yì第
tǐ一
zì批
zhěng异
lǐ体
biǎo字
整
理
表
》
。
The First List of Variant Characters was published in 1955.