What's the difference between 冰 and 氷?


What's the difference between 氷 and 冰?




冰 is the standard Chinese form of the character (also Taiwan, Hong Kong,
Macao). It is commonly used in Chinese, while Japan does not currently use it
at all. (It is on the JIS X 0208 standard though.)

氷 is a form that from the Chinese point of view is a rare alternate (the
通用規範漢字表 lists is as such, hence expects that people might encounter it
somewhere), but is normal in Japan (and Korea).

