Wiktionary:About Chinese/Characters

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Standard Chinese[edit]

Basic pronunciation
(for sorting)
Wiktionary Common variants Rationale
shi 湿 湿
li () ()
qun (qún) (qún)
chuang (chuáng) (chuáng)
wei (wèi) (wèi)
wu () ()
wei
wei (wěi) (wěi)
pao
mi
mian (miàn) (miàn)
xuan (xuān) (xuān)
hua
lin (lín) (lín)
xian 线 (xiàn) 线 (xiàn)
zhong

Lectal[edit]

  • As a general rule, controversial or fringe 本字 (běnzì) are dispreferred.

Cantonese[edit]

Basic pronunciation
(for sorting)
Wiktionary Common variants Rationale
gam2 (dàn) (hán) Disambiguation between (gam2) and (gam3).
hai2 () Disambiguation between (hai2) and (hai6).
ge (kǎi) Traditional orthography; is a modern phenomenon.
can 𰈍 (chèn)
tim (tiān) (tiǎn)
dei ()
kei () () However, () is used in {{zh-dial}} data.
keoi () () () is no longer common.

Min[edit]

Basic pronunciation
(Hokkien; for sorting)
Wiktionary Common variants Rationale
nang (rén) (nóng) However, (nóng) is used in {{zh-dial}} data for distinguishing.
chhan (tián) (chéng)
kha (jiāo) ,
m (); ; Undecided. () is generally with Hokkien; is generally with Teochew; is generally with Foochow.
khia () ()