Wiktionary:About Chinese/Characters
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Standard Chinese edit
| Basic pronunciation (for sorting) |
Wiktionary | Common variants | Rationale |
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| shi | 濕／湿 | 溼／湿 | |
| li | 裡／里 (lǐ) | 裏／里 (lǐ) | |
| qun | 群 (qún) | 羣 (qún) | |
| chuang | 床 (chuáng) | 牀 (chuáng) | |
| wei | 衛／卫 (wèi) | 衞／卫 (wèi) | |
| wu | 污 (wū) | 汚 (wū) | |
| wei | 為／为 | 爲／为 | |
| wei | 偽／伪 (wěi) | 僞／伪 (wěi) | |
| pao | 炮 | 砲／炮 | |
| mi | 秘 | 祕／秘 | |
| mian | 麵／面 (miàn) | 麪／面 (miàn) | |
| xuan | 喧 (xuān) | 諠／喧 (xuān) | |
| hua | 嘩／哗 | 譁／哗 | |
| lin | 鄰／邻 (lín) | 隣／邻 (lín) | |
| xian | 線／线 (xiàn) | 綫／线 (xiàn) | |
| zhong | 眾／众 | 衆／众 |
Lectal edit
- As a general rule, controversial or fringe 本字 (běnzì) are dispreferred.
Cantonese edit
| Basic pronunciation (for sorting) |
Wiktionary | Common variants | Rationale |
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| gam2 | 噉 (dàn) | 咁 (hán) | Disambiguation between 噉 (gam2) and 咁 (gam3). |
| hai2 | 喺 | 係／系 (xì) | Disambiguation between 喺 (hai2) and 係／系 (hai6). |
| ge | 嘅 (kǎi) | 噶 | Traditional orthography; 噶 is a modern phenomenon. |
| can | 嚫／𰈍 (chèn) | 親／亲 | |
| tim | 添 (tiān) | 㖭 (tiǎn) | |
| dei | 哋 (dì) | 地 | |
| kei | 企 (qǐ) | 徛 (jì) | However, 徛 (jì) is used in {{zh-dial}} data.
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| keoi | 佢 (qú) | 渠 (qú) | 渠 (qú) is no longer common. |
Min edit
| Basic pronunciation (Hokkien; for sorting) |
Wiktionary | Common variants | Rationale |
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| nang | 人 (rén) | 儂／侬 (nóng) | However, 儂／侬 (nóng) is used in {{zh-dial}} data for distinguishing.
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| chhan | 田 (tián) | 塍 (chéng) | |
| kha | 跤 (jiāo) | 腳／脚, 骹 | |
| m | 毋 (wú); 唔; 伓 | Undecided. 毋 (wú) is generally with Hokkien; 唔 is generally with Teochew; 伓 is generally with Foochow. | |
| khia | 徛 (jì) | 企 (qǐ) |