Difference between the kanjis for "tears/なみだ": 涙 and 泪


I found
[here](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1011231410)
that 涙 is a semasio-phonetic character (形声文字) while 泪 is a more visual
version. Apart from that no big differences should be between this two ways of
writing "namida". Anyway I would like to be sure of that.

Thank you very much!

Edit: I searched 泪 on google. Although the results are mostly in Chinese there
are also results in Japanese. See for example
[here](https://www.google.de/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=%22%C3%BCbervoriger%20WOche%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gfe_rd=cr&ei=ZzPfVoOtFKeI8Qen7Z4I#q=%E6%B3%AA%20%E3%81%AF&channel=fs&start=20).




涙 is 常用漢字 but 泪 is not. Today 泪 is only seen in lyrics, poetry and such. One
answer in the chiebukuro question you linked says 「泪の方が演歌っぽい」, which I think
best describes the actual difference in usage.




涙 is 常用漢字 but 泪 is not. Today 泪 is only seen in lyrics, poetry and such. One
answer in the chiebukuro question you linked says 「泪の方が演歌っぽい」, which I think
best describes the actual difference in usage.

