島、㠀、嶋、嶌、

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>>76119370
We also have many variants of the same letter G.

>>76119370
logographic writing systems make my head spin. I simply cannot understand how those shapes could convey meaning

So does Korean language. Maybe it's a common thing among Asian languages that are based on Kanji writing system.

>>76119441
鳥-pictogram for bird
山-pictogram for mountain
鳥+山= bird on mountain = island

we only use 島 to refer to "island" in daily life
the other characters can barely be found or even don't exist

they are logographic because meaning is not longer from the drawing

not because shapes give meaning but rather the meaning is inside the shapes

in other words, drawings of the same thing can mean many different things were if it was a pictogram it would not be possible

>>76119547
Same here.

嶋 is only for family name.
And this is the first time to see 㠀 and 嶌 for me. 異体字 isn't the practical problem at all.

>>76119467
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>>76119547
>>76119725

why don't you guys just adopt the latin alphabet already?

>>76119765
they have no reason to

>>76119409
It's basically 2, at most 3. The rest is just stylization, which japanese have as well.

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Welcome to the nightmarish world of Kanji variants :)

>>76119765
We aren't Italian and aren't European