History: Distinguishing component

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1. approved created by Unknown 6/5/2026, 4:48:11 AM view snapshot

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   + A **distinguishing** component is a component that was added to distinguish one character from another character.+ + For example, the characters 王 (king) and 玉 (jade) were written similarly in seal script, so a dot was added to distinguish them.+ + :grid(headers=[Character, "Distinguished from"]){+ :char(simp=玉 trad=玉 pinyin="yu4" gloss="jade")+ :char(simp=王 trad=王 pinyin="wang2" gloss="king")+ }+ + :swatch(type=distinguishing) Distinguishing components are color-coded as :color(type=distinguishing){purple}.