<p>These are 2 different fonts for the same character. There are many website to check that, see <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/a/1839/540">this post</a> for an overview.</p>

<p>For example on <a href="http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterEtymology.aspx?submitButton1=Etymology&amp;characterInput=%E9%9B%AA" rel="nofollow noreferrer">chineseetymology.org</a> and <a href="http://chinese-characters.org/meaning/9/96EA.html#.USdiEqVwp8E" rel="nofollow noreferrer">chinese-characters.org</a> you can see that the simplified and traditional characters are identical (the former website explicitely writes: no simplification).</p>

<p>Having said this. Although they are considered to be the same character, people in different regions/countries have habits and the most common way to write something might be different and people might consider some variants as being wrong. This can be seen in the picture below (source <a href="http://www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE9Zdic9BZdicAA.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">zdic.net</a>):</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/NaHfr.png" alt="雪in different countries"></p>

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2013-02-22T12:21:16.467Z
But surely if you in mainland china, and you write 雪 with the tail sticking out, that will be considered wrong by the *standards* over there right?
Pacerier
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2013-02-22T12:25:10.917Z
Yes, most people would consider it wrong.
BertR
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2013-02-22T12:54:24.447Z
hmm, then how can we still say that they are the same 汉字?
Pacerier
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2013-02-22T15:22:16.797Z
@Pacerier. I consider they are the same character(not the same shape) since they are only different in fonts. They are differnt in the shape not because they are in traditional or simplified form,but because differnt standard forms are adopted. The difference has nothing to do the simplification.
Huang
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2013-02-23T05:00:47.673Z
@Pacerier They're 異體字, so they are the same...
Mike Manilone
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2013-02-22T12:27:10.557Z
2017-04-13T12:48:06.457Z
BertR
<p>Is <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Y1Br2.png" alt="enter image description here"> the traditional character for <a href="http://screenshoot.me/XeEw1S" rel="noreferrer">http://screenshoot.me/XeEw1S</a>?</p>

<p>Or are both <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Y1Br2.png" alt="enter image description here"> and <a href="http://screenshoot.me/XeEw1S" rel="noreferrer">http://screenshoot.me/XeEw1S</a> considered the <em>same</em> character (汉字) with simply different font styles?</p>

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Is the traditional character for 雪 the same as itself?
# Is the traditional character for 雪 the same as itself?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-02-22)

Is ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Y1Br2.png) the traditional character for <http://screenshoot.me/XeEw1S>?

Or are both ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Y1Br2.png) and <http://screenshoot.me/XeEw1S> considered the *same* character (汉字) with simply different font styles?

**Tags:** characters, traditional-vs-simplified


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-02-22. Score: 10

These are 2 different fonts for the same character. There are many website to check that, see [this post](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/a/1839/540) for an overview.

For example on [chineseetymology.org](http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterEtymology.aspx?submitButton1=Etymology&characterInput=%E9%9B%AA) and [chinese-characters.org](http://chinese-characters.org/meaning/9/96EA.html#.USdiEqVwp8E) you can see that the simplified and traditional characters are identical (the former website explicitely writes: no simplification).

Having said this. Although they are considered to be the same character, people in different regions/countries have habits and the most common way to write something might be different and people might consider some variants as being wrong. This can be seen in the picture below (source [zdic.net](http://www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE9Zdic9BZdicAA.htm)):

![雪in different countries](https://i.sstatic.net/NaHfr.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: But surely if you in mainland china, and you write 雪 with the tail sticking out, that will be considered wrong by the *standards* over there right?  
> **username_1**: Yes, most people would consider it wrong.  
> **username_0**: hmm, then how can we still say that they are the same 汉字?  
> **username_2**: @username_0. I consider they are the same character(not the same shape) since they are only different in fonts. They are differnt in the shape not because they are in traditional or simplified form,but because differnt standard forms are adopted. The difference has nothing to do the simplification.  
> **username_3**: @username_0 They're 異體字, so they are the same...  

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