10 traditional characters that I didn't know existed
In 2023 I started learning to write traditional characters by hand, so I've been paying extra attention to differences between traditional and simplified forms. In some cases, I didn't even realize the traditional and simplified forms were different!
Here are 10 sets of simplified and traditional characters with subtle differences, 8 of which I only discovered recently. Definitions are adapted from MDBG.
(1)抛 | 拋 pāo
The difference is SO subtle with this one. I have to hold the screen 3 inches from my face to see it. The simplified version has 7 strokes, but the traditional version has 8.
抛 | 拋 pāo - to throw / to toss / to fling / to cast / to abandon
抛弃 | 拋棄 pāoqì - to abandon / to discard / to renounce / to dump (sb)
抛开 | 拋開 pāokāi - to throw out / to get rid of
抛物线 | 拋物線 pāowùxiàn - parabola
(2)滚 | 滾 gǔn
I actually prefer the traditional version, particularly when I'm writing by hand. When I write the simplified version, the 衣 strokes on the bottom always looks awkward under 公 to me.
滚 | 滾 gǔn - to boil / to roll / to take a hike / get lost!
摇滚 | 搖滾 yáogǔn - rock 'n' roll (music) / to rock / to fall off
滚开 | 滾開 gǔnkāi - to boil (of liquid) / boiling hot / Get out! / Go away!
滚烫 | 滾燙 gǔntàng - boiling / scalding
打滚 | 打滾 dǎgǔn - to roll about
(3)匀 | 勻 yún
I think these look pretty much the same when handwritten, but on the computer they are distinct. I definitely prefer how the simplified one looks.
匀 | 勻 yún - even / well-distributed / uniform / to distribute evenly / to share
均匀 | 均勻 jūnyún - even / well-distributed / homogeneous / well-proportioned (figure, body etc)
(4)叙 | 敘 xù
叙 | 敘 xù - to narrate / to chat
叙述 | 敘述 xùshù - to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account
叙事 | 敘事 xùshì - narrative
(5)奥 | 奧 ào
奥 | 奧 ào - obscure / mysterious
It really bugs me that 奥 has a different traditional form, but 澳 (as in 澳门 Macao) does not!
深奥 | 深奧 shēn'ào - profound / abstruse / recondite / profoundly
奥运会 | 奧運會 Àoyùnhuì - Olympic Games; the Olympics (abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会 | 奧林匹克運動會)
奥利给 | 奧利給 àolìgěi - come on, you can do it!
Other similar cases:
厮 | 廝 sī - (bound form) together; each other / (bound form) male servant / (bound form) dude; so-and-so
厢 | 廂 xiāng - box (in theater) / side room / side
厦 | 廈 shà - tall building / mansion / rear annex / lean-to / also pr. xià
(7)刹 | 剎 chà/shā
Whether the bottom looks like 朩 or 木 seems to be somewhat stylistic and can vary by font. But the little 点 is a consistent difference.
刹 | 剎 chà - used to transcribe several words originally from Sanskrit
刹那 | 剎那 chànà - an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye
刹 | 剎 shā - to brake
刹车 | 剎車 shāchē - to brake (when driving) / to stop / to switch off / to check (bad habits) / a brake
Other similar cases:
宫 | 宮 gōng - palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale
吕 | 呂 lǚ - pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system / surname Lǚ
(9)别 | 別 bié
I've known about the traditional form of this character for a while now, but to be honest, it still looks like 别 written incorrectly to me...sorry.
别 | 別 bié - to leave; to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish / (bound form) other; another; different / don't …! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category
差别 | 差別 chābié - difference; distinction; disparity
分别 | 分別 fēnbié - to part; to leave each other / to distinguish; to tell apart / difference; distinction / in different ways; differently / separately; individually
区别 | 區別 qūbié - difference / to distinguish / to discriminate / to make a distinction
性别 | 性別 xìngbié - gender / sex
个别 | 個別 gèbié - individually; one by one / just one or two; exceptional; rare
(10)丢 | 丟 diū
OK, I literally just realized there are separate simplified and traditional forms for this character while working on this post 😭 I feel utterly betrayed.
丢 | 丟 diū - to lose / to put aside / to throw
丢脸 | 丟臉 diūliǎn - to lose face / humiliation
丢人 | 丟人 diūrén - to lose face
丢掉 | 丟掉 diūdiào - to lose / to throw away / to discard / to cast away
丢失 | 丟失 diūshī - to lose; to misplace
跟丢 | 跟丟 gēndiū - to lose track of
See similar posts:
Characters I used to write incorrectly
Characters that look TOO similar
Traditional characters that haunt me
I don't know these fuckers names lol but they are the 2008 Olympic mascots could i get a stimboard of them it's alright if all won't fit in the picture lol
These little things gave me so much trouble... /nm
So what's New Year's Eve like at your house? Are there fireworks?
I can watch the fireworks at the top of my studio building on which festivals for silently. ( I took it few days ago there's a Tao-buddha temple played it. ) and Tonight will play fireworks from the port as years as always. In fact, fireworks allude to life just like this poem…
愛那麼短,遺忘那麼長。
love is so short, forgetting is so long.
─ Pablo Nueda’s piece “Poem 20.”
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Your question makes me feel ashamed. I have worked hard all my life and am over fifty years old but even don’t have a house of my own. However, I feel happy for myself because I have not kept even a cent of everything I have earned. All for the people I love. Not having a "house" means that I can fly away to watch fireworks at any time. Although I don't like to go to crowded places to join in the fun, the deeper meaning of "watching fireworks" is that I do my best to achieve the success of others. Life is as brilliant and beautiful as fireworks. I can see that their peace, joy and happiness are also equal to the peace and happiness in my heart!
I can celebrate "New Year's Eve" at any time, because I am a freelancer and I am the boss of my life; but because of this, I am always ready to work with my mind at any time, even when traveling. It is inseparable from my creation. I can't go home this week because I have a cold, and my family doesn't want me to go home. They're worried that it might infect my old mother, so my son wants me to stay in the studio to rest and sleep as much as possible. He and his aunt will take care of the family, so there is no need to worry. He hopes to go home after I recover. … .. . Strangely enough an old ballad came to mind right now :
"My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight” written by Stephen Collins Foster, 1853.
🎼 此曲是「美國音樂之父」 史蒂芬佛斯特(Stephen Foster)的名作,表達了黑人對親人的愛的呼喚和對家鄉風物的深刻記憶。我相信特別是長期離家的遊子應當會有深刻的體會。有人說「肯塔基老家鄉」是一首令人心碎的史詩,描述著當時黑奴在肯塔基州因農業經濟轉型和部份奴隸主外移,造成黑奴過剩;奴隸主把過剩的黑奴或不願帶走的黑奴直接賣給深南諸州的大農場,或賣給掮客後沿著俄亥俄和密西西比兩大河(俄亥俄河是密西西比河的支流)運到紐奧爾良的奴隸市場。黑奴買賣曾經造成黑奴家庭永別的悲劇。「肯塔基老家鄉」的原名就叫「可憐的湯姆叔叔,晚安」 (Poor Uncle Tom, Good Night) 源自: author - 斯陀(Harriet Beecher Stowe)的小說 novel 「黑奴籲天錄」 (Uncle Toms Cabin)。
📌 PS. Always sleeping in the studio me feels like wandering, a wanderer living in a deserted time and space… by the way you have to try your best to born money. get it? XD But it's lucky I am not a slave to life, I am willing to work for the people and things I love and strive to give the people I love the best life! And you? in your 2024 New Year?
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2024 巴黎奧運「法蘭西體育場」(Stade de France)的賽道換上了「薰衣草紫色」,充分展現了法國優雅和浪漫的氛圍。紫色跑道由義大利知名體育跑道製造商Mondo Sport & Flooring所建設,把田徑、跳躍和投擲比賽換上淺紫色賽道,而技術賽事則換上了深紫色賽道。奧運會史無前例用紫色取代傳統紅磚黏土跑道,讓人彷彿奔馳在薰衣草田中。
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▪︎ JO Paris 2024 : le Stade de France dévoile sa piste d’athlétisme violette flambant neuve
▪︎ Photo from ELLE Taiwan
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And Today I saw there's changed the new purple blue also at one high school in my city 💜💙 😃 💋
Because it’s rainy and cloudy day so the colors between sunlight and smartphone camera has changed a little bit. lol 😆 anyway when I saw it to think about the international news very excited. ha! such popular sports track... I seem to smell the fragrance of lavender fields! 👃🤸♀️ Lan ~*