Variant Chinese characters

Variant Chinese characters (traditional Chinese: 異體字; simplified Chinese: 异体字; pinyin: yìtǐzì; kanji: 異体字; Hepburn: itaiji; Korean: 이체자; Hanja: 異體字; Revised Romanization: icheja) are Chinese characters that are homophones and synonyms. Most variants are allographs in most circumstances, such as casual handwriting. Some contexts require the usage of certain variants, such as in textbook editing.

Variant character
Differences for the same Unicode character in regional versions of Source Han Sans
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese異體字
Simplified Chinese异体字
Literal meaningdifferent form character
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese又體
Simplified Chinese又体
Literal meaningalso form
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese或體
Simplified Chinese或体
Literal meaningor form
Third alternative Chinese name
Chinese重文
Literal meaningrepeated writing
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetchữ dị thể
Hán-Nôm𡨸異體
Korean name
Hangul이체자
Hanja異體字
Japanese name
Hiraganaいたいじ
Kyūjitai異體字
Shinjitai異体字
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