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The standard simplified Chinese version is 国, like in Japanese; 囯 is a non-standardized historical variant. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%9B%AF https://en.
by taejo 7y ago
The standard simplified Chinese version is 国, like in Japanese; 囯 is a non-standardized historical variant. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%9B%AF https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%9B%AF
- wodenokoto 7y agoI jumped the gun a little there and just assumed the author was writing the simplified version of 国 which my Chinese dictionary seemed to confirm. My Chinese is very basic. But if 囯 is nonstandard, how did the author end up writing that one? I mean, it is easy to do when handwriting, but these kinds of mistakes are usually much more difficult on a computer
- nickdrozd 7y agoThat's a good question. I think the sinologist introduced that character originally, possibly as a typo or something. I must have copied it. To be honest, I didn't even notice the extra stroke in 国 vs 囯. (I do not speak any of the relevant languages at all.) From what I can tell though, the word "nonstandard" isn't very helpful in this context, because there are few universal standards, even when it comes to something as simple as counting strokes. A "nonstandard" character might actually be well-attested in some particular time and place, or in some particular dictionary tradition. I don't know if that applies to this case, but it might.
- yorwba 7y agoSimplified Chinese is standardized in the sense that there's a standards document specifying which characters should be used. I'm pretty sure there's something similar for Japanese simplifications.