径

Alternative forms

 * In mainland China, the right component of this character is ( ⿱ス工 ) which is the simplified component of.
 * In Taiwan (based on its encoding standard), Japanese and Korean, the right component of this character is  instead.
 * Due to, both forms are encoded under the same code point. This character may appear to be 径 (mainland China) or 径 (Taiwan/Japan/Korea) depending on the font used.

Related characters

 * ( of  径 , form of  径 )
 * ( of  in mainland China)

Glyph 1
( 径 )

Glyph origin
based on the table of 54 simplified radical components listed in the 1956 by the People's Republic of China.

Glyph origin
which is listed as a variant traditional form of in the 1956 first round revision table of variant Chinese characters  by the People's Republic of China.

As a variant form, is to be replaced by  as its orthodox form, which is succeeded by 径 as the simplified form of.

Usage notes
Note that in modern Taiwan, and  are considered as two different characters while in mainland China,  is considered a variant traditional form of.

Glyph 2
( 径 )

Glyph origin
Unorthodox variant found in a  copy of the classical   《》.

First attested in 《》, a dictionary compiled in 1930 that records unorthodox forms  that have existed since the.

Another similar character, which has ( ⿱ス土 ) as its right component can also be found in 《太平樂府》.

Kanji

 * 1) path
 * 2) diameter
 * 3) method