Keywords: Chinese standard variants samples.svg Chinese characters in standardized Ming typefaces and characters found in the Kangxi Dictionary From right to left are Kangxi Dictionary forms Mainland China standard Hong Kong standard Taiwan standard Japan standard Areas in the rightmost column where there are significant differences among different standards are highlighted in yellow 玄 is not written completely in the Kangxi Dictionary because 玄 is a character in the Kangxi Emperor's given name 玄燁 It was taboo to write a character the emperor's name and so 玄 was left incomplete own Asoer 2010-05-21 Comparisons of different sets of Chinese characters ImageNote 1 400 196 8 8 418 576 2 玄 is written this way in the Kangxi Dictionary because 玄 is a character in the Kangxi Emperor's given name 玄燁 It was taboo to write a character the emperor's name and so 玄 was left incomplete ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 405 14 8 8 418 576 2 Note lengths of horizontal strokes ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 398 103 8 8 418 576 2 Variation between a vertical stroke with a hook and a 丿 ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 378 147 8 8 418 576 2 Variation between using a vertical stroke and 丶 ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 364 180 8 8 418 576 2 Variation between using a contiguous or separate 丶 and � ImageNoteEnd 5 ImageNote 6 379 237 8 8 418 576 2 Note top being 廿 or 卄 and whether it is 由 or 田 below the long horizontal stroke ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 384 293 8 8 418 576 2 Variation between using a vertical stroke and 丶 ImageNoteEnd 7 ImageNote 8 384 363 8 8 418 576 2 Variation between using a vertical stroke and 丶 ImageNoteEnd 8 ImageNote 9 350 483 8 8 418 576 2 Variation at the beginning of the � stroke ImageNoteEnd 9 ImageNote 10 381 508 8 8 418 576 2 Note connected or disconnected 艹 and in 亡 using a vertical stroke or 丶 ImageNoteEnd 10 ImageNote 11 359 534 8 8 418 576 2 Note corner or curve ImageNoteEnd 11 ImageNote 12 402 548 8 8 418 576 2 Note presence or absence of hook ImageNoteEnd 12 ImageNote 13 361 523 8 8 418 576 2 Note whether or not the horizontal stroke passes the vertical stroke ImageNoteEnd 13 |