The component 曷 and the kanjis 褐, 喝, 謁, 渇


Note the right component of the kanjis 褐, 喝, 謁 and 渇. It doesn't exist as a
separate Chinese character, at least I couldn't find it. Those who have used
Heisig will know that he refers to this component as 'siesta'.

It's not 曷, but it's close.

Now, when I look these kanjis up on Wiktionary, it gets complicated. Take 褐
for example. There are two forms of the kanji given, which look different on
screen, one is [褐](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A4%90#Kanji) and the
[other](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A4%90#Hanzi) has 曷 as the right
component, but when I copy and paste the latter, it looks exactly the same as
褐.

So I am confused now. Are there indeed two forms of these kanjis? How can the
forms look different on screen but not when copied? And does the right
component of 褐 exist as a separate Chinese character?




You're experiencing what happens on the internet due to han unification, and
really bad handling of fonts if your browser language isn't set as one of
Japanese, Chinese, or Korean.

These are all actually the exact same character, but browsers and webpages
each change how it looks depending on if they think it's simplified Chinese,
traditional Chinese, or shinjitai (jpn).

Under shinjitai, it's represented differently, despite being the same in
traditional and simplified. Below is a comparison, using the respective "lang"
attribute for each:

>   * # 繁 (traditional Chinese): {{zh-TW:褐}}, using 亾
>
>   * # 簡 (simplified Chinese): {{zh-CN:褐}}, using 亾
>
>   * # 新 (shinjitai): {{ja-JP:褐}}, using 匕
>
>

Note: The above comparison might not display correctly if you don't have fonts
for the respective languages installed on your computer.

Because of Chinese, these different forms of the same character all have one
codepoint, and are just seen as variant forms of one character (which they
technically are). Because of that, though, unless a page _tells_ a browser to
represent it one way, or your browser consistently does so on its own (i.e.
you set your language to one of chinese character forms, jpn, or kor),
confusion arises.

* * *

Below are some images comparing the complete form of the character 喝, in the
event you don't have the appropriate fonts installed:

>   * zho (simplified, traditional), kor, vie: [![zho, kor, vie
> 喝](https://i.stack.imgur.com/exbSn.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/exbSn.png)
>   * jpn: [![jpn
> 喝](https://i.stack.imgur.com/r2i14.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/r2i14.png)
>




You're experiencing what happens on the internet due to han unification, and
really bad handling of fonts if your browser language isn't set as one of
Japanese, Chinese, or Korean.

These are all actually the exact same character, but browsers and webpages
each change how it looks depending on if they think it's simplified Chinese,
traditional Chinese, or shinjitai (jpn).

Under shinjitai, it's represented differently, despite being the same in
traditional and simplified. Below is a comparison, using the respective "lang"
attribute for each:

>   * # 繁 (traditional Chinese): {{zh-TW:褐}}, using 亾
>
>   * # 簡 (simplified Chinese): {{zh-CN:褐}}, using 亾
>
>   * # 新 (shinjitai): {{ja-JP:褐}}, using 匕
>
>

Note: The above comparison might not display correctly if you don't have fonts
for the respective languages installed on your computer.

Because of Chinese, these different forms of the same character all have one
codepoint, and are just seen as variant forms of one character (which they
technically are). Because of that, though, unless a page _tells_ a browser to
represent it one way, or your browser consistently does so on its own (i.e.
you set your language to one of chinese character forms, jpn, or kor),
confusion arises.

* * *

Below are some images comparing the complete form of the character 喝, in the
event you don't have the appropriate fonts installed:

>   * zho (simplified, traditional), kor, vie: [![zho, kor, vie
> 喝](https://i.stack.imgur.com/exbSn.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/exbSn.png)
>   * jpn: [![jpn
> 喝](https://i.stack.imgur.com/r2i14.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/r2i14.png)
>

