Variant Chinese characters
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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, an
"Kai Tak" road signs in Sun Po Kong, Hong Kong 異體字（啟–啓）
Ryakuji
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In Japanese language, Ryakuji are colloquial simplifications of kanji.
Variant Chinese characters
…frozen since Unicode 4.1, except to fix a few past mistakes that were forgotten during the Han unification process for the review of normative sources). Ryakuji – Form of shorthand for writing kanji Z-variant – Glyphs with minor typographical differences…
Sign reading "umbrella stand" (仐おき, kasa-oki, standard form 傘おき, showing ryakuji form of 傘: 仐 (人 + 十), with inner 人 omitted. Compare simplified Chinese 伞.
Price tag reading ¥400, 特価品 (bargain item), showing ryakuji form of 品, with bottom squares connected