<p>i would use 教育部異體字字典:</p>

<p><a href="http://dict.variants.moe.edu.tw/variants/rbt/home.do" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://dict.variants.moe.edu.tw/variants/rbt/home.do</a></p>

<p>it's authoritative, and most comprehensive.</p>

<p>eg 御 (u+5fa1), it listed 37 variants :)</p>

<p><a href="http://dict.variants.moe.edu.tw/variants/rbt/word_attribute.rbt?quote_code=QTAxMjk1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://dict.variants.moe.edu.tw/variants/rbt/word_attribute.rbt?quote_code=QTAxMjk1</a></p>

<p>have fun :)</p>

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This is .... intimidating at least. Too much variants. Thanks for the link, but it doesn't list those glyth as chars (unicode characters) instead it show them as images.
coobit
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2018-08-08T13:57:51.043Z
@coobit; A lot of these glyph variants _don't even have_ Unicode codepoints, and a lot of fonts cannot display them anyway.
Michaelyus
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2018-08-08T14:03:23.800Z
Yes, I know. So I need to stick to all codable glyths... I need this for the software I'm working on.
coobit
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2018-08-09T00:41:42.540Z
@coobit, an app for variants? may i say, it's a mission impossible, if not extremely difficult. as the example 御 shown, some variants do not yet have a unicode code point. this situation might change gradually, into the supplementary ideographic plane. secondarily, you need a font that mapped glyph to code point. the arial unicode ms has 50000+, the noto has 65000+; which is inadequate for displaying all variants.
水巷孑蠻
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2018-08-09T05:55:04.627Z
Of course it's not about variants. I need only those variants which are already coded into unicode. I know what you are talking about. Thanks for advise :)
coobit
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水巷孑蠻
<p>I've found even more unicode variants for 御</p>

<p>圄敔禦衘䘘䢩馭御䘖</p>

<p>Well, that sucks!</p>

<p>source:
<a href="http://tls.uni-hd.de/main/basic_ch_char.lasso" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://tls.uni-hd.de/main/basic_ch_char.lasso</a>
That's a pretty thorough DataBase, I must admit.</p>

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2018-08-10T08:45:48.463Z
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coobit
<p>As far as I know, for one glyth (ex.: 御) there many variant forms.</p>

<p>Some sources list 䘖䘘禦 as variants, <a href="http://glyphwiki.org/wiki/u5fa1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">others</a> say that all of the glyths in string 御䘖䘘䢩禦衘馭 are variants of 御. </p>

<p>Is there a reliable source where I can find all (or most of) the variants for a given glyth. I need only CHARS, that is those you can type with in modern PC.</p>

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2018-08-08T14:50:36.330Z
If you were to learn these variants of characters, I would suggest not, since no one is using these variants in the modern days and even a native speaker have little knowledge of them. If you were just curious, then go ahead and have fun!
zyy
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2018-08-08T16:36:56.343Z
No, I need them for the app. User inputs a glyth and receives some info. Problem is user can input any variant of a given glyth and I need to know them all. Well, those you can type at least (unicode codepoints).
coobit
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2018-08-10T01:33:30.377Z
Unicode.org release a version at about June every year, Chinese glyphs covered too, its Unihan data in xml can be extracted with a program, then you can list all variants by SQL.
https://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=御
Daniel Yang
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2018-08-10T03:38:19.143Z
I hope that you have a detailed understanding of what *variant* actually means. Just with the example you posted, 御 is a variant of both 馭 and 禦, but 馭 is definitely not a variant of 禦.
dROOOze
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2018-08-10T08:28:44.323Z
I suspected that. :( But, well.. is there a way for machine to undestand this? I guess not. So, in my app they will have to be variants of each over :(
coobit
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2018-08-10T08:30:55.653Z
Yes I know about Unicode.org but variant field is poor there. Not much variants there
coobit
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2018-08-11T01:00:52.237Z
What kind of app are you making? I don't think people would input any variant ... at least I won't input any variant other than the original character. And by the way, variant mapping is not a one-on-one mapping. It is more complicated.
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Where to find all/most variants of a glyth?
# Where to find all/most variants of a glyth?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-08)

As far as I know, for one glyth (ex.: 御) there many variant forms.

Some sources list 䘖䘘禦 as variants, [others](http://glyphwiki.org/wiki/u5fa1) say that all of the glyths in string 御䘖䘘䢩禦衘馭 are variants of 御.

Is there a reliable source where I can find all (or most of) the variants for a given glyth. I need only CHARS, that is those you can type with in modern PC.

**Tags:** character-variant

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If you were to learn these variants of characters, I would suggest not, since no one is using these variants in the modern days and even a native speaker have little knowledge of them. If you were just curious, then go ahead and have fun!  
> **username_0**: No, I need them for the app. User inputs a glyth and receives some info. Problem is user can input any variant of a given glyth and I need to know them all. Well, those you can type at least (unicode codepoints).  
> **username_2**: Unicode.org release a version at about June every year, Chinese glyphs covered too, its Unihan data in xml can be extracted with a program, then you can list all variants by SQL. https://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=御  
> **username_3**: I hope that you have a detailed understanding of what *variant* actually means. Just with the example you posted, 御 is a variant of both 馭 and 禦, but 馭 is definitely not a variant of 禦.  
> **username_0**: I suspected that. :( But, well.. is there a way for machine to undestand this? I guess not. So, in my app they will have to be variants of each over :(  
> **username_0**: Yes I know about Unicode.org but variant field is poor there. Not much variants there  
> **username_4**: What kind of app are you making? I don't think people would input any variant ... at least I won't input any variant other than the original character. And by the way, variant mapping is not a one-on-one mapping. It is more complicated.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2018-08-08. Score: 3

i would use 教育部異體字字典:

<http://dict.variants.moe.edu.tw/variants/rbt/home.do>

it's authoritative, and most comprehensive.

eg 御 (u+5fa1), it listed 37 variants :)

<http://dict.variants.moe.edu.tw/variants/rbt/word_attribute.rbt?quote_code=QTAxMjk1>

have fun :)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: This is .... intimidating at least. Too much variants. Thanks for the link, but it doesn't list those glyth as chars (unicode characters) instead it show them as images.  
> **username_6**: @username_0; A lot of these glyph variants _don't even have_ Unicode codepoints, and a lot of fonts cannot display them anyway.  
> **username_0**: Yes, I know. So I need to stick to all codable glyths... I need this for the software I'm working on.  
> **username_5**: @username_0, an app for variants? may i say, it's a mission impossible, if not extremely difficult. as the example 御 shown, some variants do not yet have a unicode code point. this situation might change gradually, into the supplementary ideographic plane. secondarily, you need a font that mapped glyph to code point. the arial unicode ms has 50000+, the noto has 65000+; which is inadequate for displaying all variants.  
> **username_0**: Of course it's not about variants. I need only those variants which are already coded into unicode. I know what you are talking about. Thanks for advise :)  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2018-08-10. Score: 0

I've found even more unicode variants for 御

圄敔禦衘䘘䢩馭御䘖

Well, that sucks!

source:
<http://tls.uni-hd.de/main/basic_ch_char.lasso>
That's a pretty thorough DataBase, I must admit.


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