Talk:叄

Definitions
Why does the definition of this character not match that of its simplified form, 叁? 71.66.97.228 22:56, 29 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi. The character is an unorthodox form of (俗字) of  that existed before simplified characters were invented. Evidence can be found here  and here.


 * Note that the published by mainland China in 2013 does not assign any traditional Chinese character to.


 * Despite its similarity in appearance (compare and ), there does not seem to be any relation between  and.


 * Evidence for as a variant form of  is found in 《中文大辭典》.


 * Evidence for as a variant form of  is found in 《重訂直音篇》.


 * Thank you and have a nice day. KevinUp (talk) 04:56, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

叄
Although historically 叄 doesn't not mean 三 in particular, here's some evidence for 叄 as the financial form of 三:
 * Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants 叄: 三之大寫.
 * Chinese Linguipedia 叄 / 叁: 「三」的大寫，多用於書寫票據或帳目. 例：叄仟肆佰陸拾柒元整. — justin(r)leung { (t...) 02:42, 9 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi. Thank you for providing the links. I have updated the entry based on Page 33 of 《重訂直音篇》 KevinUp (talk) 04:20, 9 May 2018 (UTC)