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A Variant Character Dataset for Historical Narratives of Middle and Late Imperial China Cover

A Variant Character Dataset for Historical Narratives of Middle and Late Imperial China

By: Jiwon Lee and  Youngim Jung  
Open Access
|May 2025

Figures & Tables

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Figure 1

Construction Process & Basic Datasets, Principles.

Table 1

Example of Variants Sets in Chinese Characters.

EXAMPLES# VARIANTS
U+90F7
U+9109
2
U+5FB7
U+60B3
U+60EA
3
U+25128
𥄨
U+2C461
𬑡
U+7785
U+77C1
4
U+3A57
U+3A66
U+643A
U+64D5
U+651C
5
U+21ED5
𡻕
U+4E97
U+5C81
U+5D57
U+6B72
U+6B73
6
U+25997
𥦗
U+41AB
U+724E
U+7255
U+7A93
U+7A97
U+7ABB
7
U+21A34
𡨴
U+21A4B
𡩋
U+5BCD
U+5BD5
U+5BD7
U+5BDC
U+5BE7
U+752F
8
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Figure 2

Representative Selection Process.

Table 2

Example of Representative Selection.

CHARACTERUNICODETW1KO1KO2TW2CJKREPRESENTATIVE SELECTIONTYPE
U+3A57xTW1
U+3A66x
U+643Ax
U+64D5x
U+651Coo
U+55A6xxKO1
U+5CA9ox
U+5D52xx
U+5DD6ooo
U+5DD7xx
U+5384oxooKO2
U+5443oxx
U+6239xxx
U+9628oxx
U+9638xxx
𤥼U+2497CxxxxTW2
𤦏U+2498Fxxxx
𤧚U+249DAxxxx
𮴨U+2ED28xxxx
U+7481xxxoo
𮱠U+2EC60xxxxxCJK
U+3766xxxxx
U+5BEFxxxxoo
Table 3

Variant-to-Representative Dataset.

VARIANTUNICODEREPRESENTATIVEUNICODETYPEMATCHING TYPE
U+90F7U+9109TW1one-to-one
𡨴U+21A34U+5BE7TW1many-to-one
𡩋U+21A4BU+5BE7TW1
U+5BCDU+5BE7TW1
U+5BD5U+5BE7TW1
U+5BD7U+5BE7TW1
U+5BDCU+5BE7TW1
U+752FU+5BE7TW1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.325 | Journal eISSN: 2059-481X
Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 12, 2025
Accepted on: Apr 19, 2025
Published on: May 21, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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