KanjiVG includes data on variations of characters
and stroke order. For
example, when characters
in the schoolbook style
deviate from traditional kaisho,
there might be an extra file containing the kaisho version of the
character. This file is named using the same Unicode value as the
schoolbook style kanji, with the suffix -Kaisho. For
example the kaisho variant of 島, 05cf6.svg is
named 05cfa-Kaisho.svg.
There are also different versions for different stroke orders.
Undocumented and unknown features, and notes on possible flaws in
the data, are distinguished with a pale green background.
Variant suffixes
The following is a list of the file suffixes used to indicate
variant forms. Not all of them have been described.
- Hyougai
-
Variant forms of the character, called "hyougai"
(表外) in
Japanese. These are often the characters
for different Unicode code points, or otherwise inconsistent.
- HzFst
-
Horizontal First stroke order
- HzFstLeRi
-
Horizontal First, Left to Right stroke order
- HzFstRiLe
-
Horizontal First, Right to Left stroke order
- HzFstVtLst
-
Horizontal First, Vertical Last
- HzLst
-
Horizontal Last
- Insatsu
-
Printed form (印刷), where it differs
from the schoolbook format. This is used
inconsistently.
- Jinmei
-
Versions of the character used for names, which appear in
the Jinmei
list. In practice these often refer to
different Unicode code points than the ones given.
- Kaisho
-
Kaisho variant. In practice this usually seems to mean something like
月 or 日 with a shorter middle stroke which doesn't go all the way to
the right side of the element.
- LeFst
-
Left First
- MdLst
-
Middle Last
- MidFst
-
Middle First
- Ten3
-
These characters all contain a 必 element, with the strokes in a
different order than usual.
- TenLst
-
These characters all contain a 卵 element, with the centre right
shortest stroke coming last in the stroke order.
- Vt4
-
These characters contain a variant stroke order with a vertical as the
fourth stroke.
- Vt6
-
These characters contain a variant stroke order with a vertical as the
sixth stroke.
- VtFst
-
Vertical First
- VtFstRiLe
-
Vertical First Right to Left
- VtLst
-
Vertical Last