z-variant
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
z (axis) + variant; from the three dimensions visualized for the character space. The x-axis separates characters by semantics (function and meaning, e.g. A from B), the y-axis separates them by their general form (abstract shape, e.g. A from a), and the z-axis by their actual shape (minor details such as typeface, e.g. a from a).
[edit] Noun
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z-variant (plural z-variants)
- (Unicode) a shape variant of a Han character, encoded for historical reasons.
