z-variant

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z-variant

Etymology

From the three dimensions visualized for the character space. The x-axis separates characters by semantics (function and meaning, e.g. A from B), the y-axis separates them by their abstract shape (general form, e.g. uppercase A from lowercase a), and the z-axis by their apparent shape (minor details such as typeface, e.g. printed from handwritten a).

Noun

z-variant (plural z-variants)

(Unicode, typography) A shape variant of a Han character, encoded for historical reasons.