Variant forms When used as a left component, this radical takes different forms in different languages or characters. Traditionally, only ⺬ was used in printing, while 礻 was overwhelmingly preferred in writing regular script. In the Kangxi Dictionary, was chosen as the standard form. In mainland China, after the adoption of simplified Chinese characters and xin zixing (new character forms), , which used to be a handwriting form, became the standard xin zixing printing form . This change also applies to China's Guo Biao (national standard) Traditional Chinese characters used chiefly in printing Chinese classics . is also chosen as the standard form in the Taiwan standard and the Hong Kong standard of Traditional Chinese, though (traditional) and (the first stroke is vertical) are also widely used in Traditional Chinese publications. In Japan, was adopted as the standard form of in shinjitai, and the difference between and is treated as the difference between the new and old forms (e.g. ). However, this simplification applies only to jōyō kanji. While JIS X 0208:1983 simplified some hyōgai kanji with the left component (e.g. ), this change was not in conformity with the Publishing Standard Glyphs of hyōgai kanji released by the National Language Council in 2000 and was undone in later versions of JIS.  Both forms are acceptable when writing hyōgai kanji, but only the simplified form is recognized as the standard form in jōyō kanji. The left component form is not simplified in Korean hanja . Kangxi DictionaryJapanese hyōgai kanjiKoreanModern ChineseJapanese jōyō kanjiTrad. Chinese nonstandard⺬礻礻   
Variant forms This radical takes different forms in different languages or characters. When used as a left component, traditionally, only ⺬ was used in printing, while 礻 was overwhelmingly preferred in writing regular script. In the Kangxi Dictionary, was chosen as the standard form. In mainland China, after the adoption of simplified Chinese characters and xin zixing (new character forms), , which used to be a handwriting form, became the standard xin zixing printing form (e.g. , ). This change also applies to China's Guo Biao (national standard) Traditional Chinese characters used chiefly in printing Chinese classics (e.g. ). is also chosen as the standard form in the Taiwan standard and the Hong Kong standard of Traditional Chinese, though (traditional) and (the first stroke is vertical) are also widely used in Traditional Chinese publications. In Japan, was adopted as the standard form of in shinjitai, and the difference between and is treated as the difference between the new and old forms (e.g. ). However, this simplification applies only to jōyō kanji. While JIS X 0208:1983 simplified some hyōgai kanji with the left component (e.g. ), this change was not in conformity with the Publishing Standard Glyphs of hyōgai kanji released by the National Language Council in 2000 and was undone in later versions of JIS. Hyōgai kanji with the simplified form are often seen as extended shinjitai. Both forms are acceptable when writing hyōgai kanji, but only the simplified form is recognized as the standard form in jōyō kanji. The left component form is not simplified in Korean hanja (e.g. , ). Kangxi DictionaryJapanese hyōgai kanjiKoreanModern ChineseJapanese jōyō kanjiTrad. Chinese nonstandard⺬礻礻 The radical also has different variants when appearing independently or at the bottom of a character. In the Kangxi Dictionary, as an independent character doesn't have a hook in its third stroke, while the hook exists when the radical is used as a bottom component. Both forms have traditionally been widely used for printing and handwriting, while in modern times, different authorities have prescribed different forms as their standards. The hook doesn't exist in Taiwan's Standard Form of National Characters, exists in Mainland China's Guo Biao standard, Japanese kanji, and Korean hanja. Kangxi DictionaryChinese (Mainland China)JapaneseKoreanChinese (Taiwan) 示 禁示 禁
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