Variant Characters

Language Learning Chinese
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Are there any resources (websites, books, etc.) out there to find out more about strange/variant characters?

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Dear MrFantastic,

The Dictionary of Character Variants:

http://140.111.1.40/

Kobo-Daishi, PLLA.

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That’s excellent Kobo-Daishi. Thanks.

There is also a strange Japanese Kanji I am looking for consisting of 3 “yun” (clouds) above 3 “long” (dragons). I haven’t been able to find info on it other than it has 84 strokes. Any advice on that one?

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The Han4yu3 Da4 Zi4dian3 contains virtually all variants, including really obsolete ones. 漢語大字典. The original is by H

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Do you happen to know if they have it as a CD-ROM?

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I don’t know; it might be, by now. This is a massive tome, btw – 9"x12"x4" thick. Too bad it doesn’t have a pinyin index. This is lookup by key components (‘radicals’).