John,
> This is the kind of mess that has discouraged anybody from doing a
> systematic survey of simplifications for the Unihan database.
>
> > The other example (U+8721 kTraditionalVariant U+8721 U+881F) is a
> > mistake--the TraditionalVariant should only be U+881F.
> >
>
> Actually, no. Both KangXi and the Cihai list U+8721 (蜡) as a traditional
> character in its own right, although I assume it's rare as I can't find it
> in my other dictionaries.
Oh what tangled webs.
First of all, we have "wax", Mandarin la4
Traditional form: U+881F
Simplified form: U+8721
Then we have "maggot", Mandarin qu1, of which Cihai claims that Shuowen says:
Vulgar form: U+86C6
Correct form: U+43E3
Archaic form: U+8721
My Taiwan and PRC dictionaries both claim U+86C6 for "maggot", so
that would now be considered both the Traditional and Simplified form,
with U+8721 being an obsolete, archaic variant for it.
Then we have "yearend ceremony (of Zhou dynasty)", Mandarin zha4
Traditional form: U+8721
Not listed in my contemporary PRC dictionary.
And yes, this is the kind of mess that has discouraged anybody from
doing a systematic survey of simplifications for the Unihan database.
--Ken
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