Different form of Han characters that is equivalent in pronunciation and meaning, usually as non-orthodox application such as non-standard abbreviated or simplified forms
Also known as variant Chinese characters · folk variant · semantic variant
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Chinese characters may have several variant forms—visually distinct glyphs that represent the same underlying meaning and pronunciation. Variants of a given character are allographs of one another, and many are directly analogous to allographs present in the English alphabet, such as the double-storey ⟨a⟩ and single-storey ⟨ɑ⟩ variants of the letter A, with the latter more commonly appearing in handwriting. Some contexts require usage of specific variants.