Wiktionary:About Chinese/Characters

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Standard Chinese

Basic pronunciation (for sorting)	Wiktionary	Common variants	Rationale
shi	濕 / 湿	溼 / 湿
li	裡 / 里 (lǐ)	裏 / 里 (lǐ)
qun	群 (qún)	羣 (qún)
chuang	床 (chuáng)	牀 (chuáng)
wei	衛 / 卫 (wèi)	衞 / 卫 (wèi)
wu	污	汚
wei	為 / 为	爲 / 为
wei	偽 / 伪 (wěi)	僞 / 伪 (wěi)
pao	炮	砲 / 炮
mi	秘	祕 / 秘
mian	麵 / 面 (miàn)	麪 / 面 (miàn)
xuan	喧 (xuān)	諠 / 喧 (xuān)
hua	嘩 / 哗	譁 / 哗
lin	鄰 / 邻 (lín)	隣 / 邻 (lín)
xian	線 / 线 (xiàn)	綫 / 线 (xiàn)
zhong	眾 / 众	衆 / 众

Lectal

• As a general rule, controversial or fringe 本字 (běnzì) are dispreferred.

Cantonese

Basic pronunciation (for sorting)	Wiktionary	Common variants	Rationale
gam2	噉 (dàn)	咁 (hán)	Disambiguation between 噉 (gam2) and 咁 (gam3).
hai2	喺	係 / 系 (xì)	Disambiguation between 喺 (hai2) and 係 / 系 (hai6).
ge	嘅 (kǎi)	噶	Traditional orthography; 噶 is a modern phenomenon.
can	嚫 / 𰈍 (chèn)	親 / 亲
tim	添 (tiān)	㖭 (tiǎn)
dei	哋 (dì)	地
kei	企 (qǐ)	徛 (jì)	However, 徛 (jì) is used in {{zh-dial}} data.
keoi	佢 (qú)	渠 (qú)	渠 (qú) is no longer common.

Min

Basic pronunciation (Hokkien; for sorting)	Wiktionary	Common variants	Rationale
nang	人 (rén)	儂 / 侬 (nóng)	However, 儂 / 侬 (nóng) is used in {{zh-dial}} data for distinguishing.
chhan	田 (tián)	塍 (chéng)
kha	跤 (jiāo)	腳 / 脚, 骹
m	毋 (wú); 唔; 伓		Undecided. 毋 (wú) is generally with Hokkien; 唔 is generally with Teochew; 伓 is generally with Foochow.
khia	徛 (jì)	企 (qǐ)