Variant characters are not typos, but a group of words with the same sound and meaning but different glyphs. Variant Chinese characters, also known as Biti, Heti and Shuowen Jiezi, are called Chongwen, which refers to Chinese characters with the same pronunciation and meaning but different writing methods.
Because Chinese characters are composed of signifiers, notes and symbols, and the angle of choosing signifiers varies from person to person, and the notes are different from the letters in Pinyin, the phenomenon of multiple forms of one word can be found everywhere in the history of Chinese characters.
Variants can be divided into "complete variants" (with the same pronunciation and meaning in any case) and "partial variants" (only in some cases). Sometimes variant characters refer to variants beyond the standard corresponding to formal regular characters, so with the different recognition of regular characters in different Chinese regions, which words are variants of other words, or even the opposite.
1955, People's Republic of China (PRC), the Ministry of Culture and the China Language Reform Commission jointly issued the first batch of variant forms, which abolished 1055 variant forms.
The benefits of calligraphy
Conducive to cultivating sentiment: Calligraphy has a positive impact on people's psychology and emotions by cultivating self-cultivation and sentiment. The glyph and layout in calligraphy art can arouse people's thoughts and feelings, cultivate people's sentiments and purify their hearts.
Learning calligraphy can improve one's intelligence. By transmitting information, we can develop the overall thinking of the brain and cultivate the ability of observation, thinking and creation. At the same time, it is necessary to study rubbings and learn encyclopedias of literature and history, which can cultivate intelligence.