<p><strong>The first character looks a bit different. Is this just a different font, or is it a different character?</strong></p>

<p>Unicode treats them with the same codepoint (U+6DF1), so it's the same character according to digital standards.</p>

<p>The difference in appearance is usually due to fonts, which adhere to different standards across the regions which use Chinese characters.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/3QZEe.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3QZEe.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>Mainland Chinese standards use a「八」shape, while other regions usually use a「儿」shape. If you're seeing「儿」then your fonts are not designed according to the Mainland Chinese standard.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>We now have super-families of fonts like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noto_fonts#CJK" rel="noreferrer">Noto CJK</a> which accommodate for both differences in orthography (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variant_Chinese_character" rel="noreferrer">character variations</a>) and (minor) differences in regional shapes, so you can get (for example) a text which has Simplified Chinese but with the non-Simplified characters as Korean shapes.</p>
  
  <p>The exact font you're using to display those characters is Noto Sans CJK JP.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/LiPSS.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LiPSS.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Minor differences exist in all standards; your browser thinks the text language is Japanese, or defaults it to Japanese.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>If you're learning Chinese characters not specifically from Mainland China, write it with「儿」.</p>

<hr>

<blockquote>
  <p>For reference, that component was originally「穴」, which depicts a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaodong" rel="noreferrer">cave dwelling</a> (<strong>窯洞</strong>). The two strokes under「宀」was an abstract depiction of ventilation passages or air currents.</p>
  
  <h1><kbd><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_(state)" rel="noreferrer">楚</a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_and_wooden_slips" rel="noreferrer">簡</a><br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/9TGOj.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/9TGOj.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br><a href="http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian/Reference/ChuwenziReference" rel="noreferrer">新甲</a>3.83<br>　</kbd></h1>
  
  <p>The structure of「深」has changed like the following over the years:</p>
  
  <h1><kbd><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Zhou" rel="noreferrer">西周</a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_inscription" rel="noreferrer">金</a>・<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E9%9A%B6%E5%AE%9A" rel="noreferrer">隸定</a><br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/6nWwl.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/6nWwl.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/uWCZP.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/uWCZP.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br>乖伯歸夆簋「罙」<br><a href="http://www.guoxuedashi.com/yzjwjc/?bh=4331&amp;jgwfl=" rel="noreferrer">集成4331</a></kbd><kbd>楚<br>簡<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/P8Pb3.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/P8Pb3.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br><a href="http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian/Reference/ChuwenziReference" rel="noreferrer">上(1)・孔</a>・2<br>　</kbd><kbd><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_dynasty" rel="noreferrer">秦</a><br>簡<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/I3Okt.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/I3Okt.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuihudi_Qin_bamboo_texts" rel="noreferrer">睡</a>・<a href="http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian/Reference/QinwenziReference" rel="noreferrer">雜</a>15<br>　</kbd><kbd>現代<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_script" rel="noreferrer">楷</a><br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/t7tfw.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/t7tfw.png" alt="enter image description here"></a><br><br>　</kbd></h1>
  
  <p>As can be seen,「八」or「儿」is just an approximation of a shape, and neither character actually features as a component in「深」. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuowen_Jiezi" rel="noreferrer"><em>Shuowen</em>'s</a> description</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>「穴」，土室也。从「宀」，「八」聲。</p>
    
    <p>「穴」(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstructions_of_Old_Chinese#Baxter%E2%80%93Sagart_(2014)" rel="noreferrer">Baxter-Sagart</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Chinese" rel="noreferrer">Old Chinese</a>: <strong>/*[ɢ]ʷˤi[t]/</strong>), earthen dwelling; from semantic「宀」(<em>building</em>) and phonetic「八」(<strong>/*pˤret/</strong>).</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>is very likely to be incorrect.</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <h1>References:</h1>
  
  <ul>
  <li>季旭昇《說文新證》</li>
  <li>李學勤《字源》</li>
  <li><a href="http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/" rel="noreferrer">小學堂</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.guoxuedashi.com/" rel="noreferrer">國學大師</a></li>
  </ul>
</blockquote>

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dROOOze
<p>The video game, Shenzhen IO seems to have different spellings of the fictitious company's name in Chineese.</p>

<p>The game's store page uses 深圳龙腾科技有限公司, while the game's manual uses:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Alhh7.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Alhh7.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>The first character looks a bit different. Is this just a different font, or is it a different character?</p>

<p>In case your stack exchange font is different to mine, the game web page looks like this:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/GmxZW.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/GmxZW.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2018-10-04T20:26:59.827Z
This is mostly a font display difference, so it’ll help others to answer your question if you include a screenshot of what you see on your computer/screen.
dROOOze
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@droooze, the image at the bottom of the post is what I see on my screen.
Morgoth
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-variant
Stumpy Joe Pete
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For human, it's just different font. For computer, it may be and likely to be, but actually don't have to be.
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# Shenzhen IO character differences

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-04)

The video game, Shenzhen IO seems to have different spellings of the fictitious company's name in Chineese.

The game's store page uses 深圳龙腾科技有限公司, while the game's manual uses:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Alhh7.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/Alhh7.png)

The first character looks a bit different. Is this just a different font, or is it a different character?

In case your stack exchange font is different to mine, the game web page looks like this:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/GmxZW.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/GmxZW.png)

**Tags:** translation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This is mostly a font display difference, so it’ll help others to answer your question if you include a screenshot of what you see on your computer/screen.  
> **username_0**: @username_1, the image at the bottom of the post is what I see on my screen.  
> **username_2**: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-variant  
> **username_3**: For human, it's just different font. For computer, it may be and likely to be, but actually don't have to be.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-05. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

**The first character looks a bit different. Is this just a different font, or is it a different character?**

Unicode treats them with the same codepoint (U+6DF1), so it's the same character according to digital standards.

The difference in appearance is usually due to fonts, which adhere to different standards across the regions which use Chinese characters.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/3QZEe.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/3QZEe.png)

Mainland Chinese standards use a「八」shape, while other regions usually use a「儿」shape. If you're seeing「儿」then your fonts are not designed according to the Mainland Chinese standard.

> We now have super-families of fonts like [Noto CJK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noto_fonts#CJK) which accommodate for both differences in orthography ([character variations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variant_Chinese_character)) and (minor) differences in regional shapes, so you can get (for example) a text which has Simplified Chinese but with the non-Simplified characters as Korean shapes.
>
> The exact font you're using to display those characters is Noto Sans CJK JP.
>
> [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/LiPSS.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/LiPSS.png)
>
> Minor differences exist in all standards; your browser thinks the text language is Japanese, or defaults it to Japanese.

If you're learning Chinese characters not specifically from Mainland China, write it with「儿」.

---

> For reference, that component was originally「穴」, which depicts a [cave dwelling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaodong) (**窯洞**). The two strokes under「宀」was an abstract depiction of ventilation passages or air currents.
>
> # `楚 簡 enter image description here 新甲3.83`
>
> The structure of「深」has changed like the following over the years:
>
> # `西周 金・隸定 enter image description hereenter image description here 乖伯歸夆簋「罙」 集成4331``楚 簡 enter image description here 上(1)・孔・2``秦 簡 enter image description here 睡・雜15``現代 楷 enter image description here`
>
> As can be seen,「八」or「儿」is just an approximation of a shape, and neither character actually features as a component in「深」. [*Shuowen*'s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuowen_Jiezi) description
>
> > 「穴」，土室也。从「宀」，「八」聲。
> >
> > 「穴」([Baxter-Sagart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstructions_of_Old_Chinese#Baxter%E2%80%93Sagart_(2014)) [Old Chinese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Chinese): **/\*[ɢ]ʷˤi[t]/**), earthen dwelling; from semantic「宀」(*building*) and phonetic「八」(**/\*pˤret/**).
>
> is very likely to be incorrect.
>
> ---
>
> # References:
>
> * 季旭昇《說文新證》
> * 李學勤《字源》
> * [小學堂](http://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/)
> * [國學大師](http://www.guoxuedashi.com/)


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