Chapter 20 Section 3 Variant Characters
When using Chinese characters to record Chinese, it happened that different people in different places created and used different characters when they first recorded a certain word.Since the same word is recorded, the pronunciation and meaning of these words are the same, but the shapes are different.If these characters are all recognized and used, then a heterogeneous relationship will be formed between these characters.
Therefore, a variant character refers to a group of characters with exactly the same sound and meaning, but with different shapes.In any case, this group of words can replace each other.
The difference of variant characters lies in the difference in the method of using "Liushu" to create characters, for example: 鬲(pictographic)—(Lixiazhi is replaced with tile)(phonetic), (Maxiazhong)(referring to things)—絷( Phonetic sound), tears (knowledge) - 涙 (phonetic), Yue (knowledge) - Yue (phonetic).
Secondly, when using the same character-making method, the parts used are different, for example: pig-pig, Chi-Chi, Zong-Zong, Yuan-猨, all of which are pictophonetic characters, but the first two groups have different pictograms, and the latter two Groups are different in sound notes.
Again, the same part is written differently, for example: flower-flower, Heng-Heng, Duo-Duo, dirty-dirty-dirty.
Finally, the parts and even the dots and dashes are written in the same way, but the arrangement positions are different, for example: where—
, group-group, harmony-and, goose-(bird me)-鵞.
However, this point should be explained that sometimes the same parts are arranged in different positions, and they become two characters with completely different sounds and meanings, and they are by no means variant characters.For example: "thorn" is different from "jujube (jujube)", "you" is different from "you" (although "犭" and "dog" are both next to dogs).This is another special place of Chinese characters.
According to our definition, the judgment of variant characters is relatively strict.Although some characters can record the same word, they have specific usages and cannot be used in common use, so they cannot be considered as variant characters, for example: 酤 and 苗, You and You, Diao, Diao and Shuo, etc., all belong to this category. Condition.
, group-group, harmony-and, goose-(bird me)-鵞.
However, this point should be explained that sometimes the same parts are arranged in different positions, and they become two characters with completely different sounds and meanings, and they are by no means variant characters.For example: "thorn" is different from "jujube (jujube)", "you" is different from "you" (although "犭" and "dog" are both next to dogs).This is another special place of Chinese characters.
According to our definition, the judgment of variant characters is relatively strict.Although some characters can record the same word, they have specific usages and cannot be used in common use, so they cannot be considered as variant characters, for example: 酤 and 苗, You and You, Diao, Diao and Shuo, etc., all belong to this category. Condition.