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My keyboard does not allow me to input them all but I have found four (similar) ways in total of writing the Chinese character for yellow (黄). Why is this and how have these four forms come to differ?

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黄

Simplifed variant (Unicode point U+9ec4)

黃

Traditional variant (Unicode point U+9ec3)

⿈

Kangxi radical 201 (Unicode point U+2fc8)

𡕛

Variant character (Unicode point U+2155b)

𨝴

Variant character (Unicode point U+28774)

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  • Thanks, but I can only see the first two characters (on the Android SE app). Why is this?
    – Jack Maddington
    Commented May 28, 2016 at 16:47
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    Because those are the only ones you would need in a non-specialized context. That is simplified and traditional. The other ones are rather special, and you would need some more powerful fonts that are not available for phones.
    – user4452
    Commented May 28, 2016 at 19:44
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Please refer to this Variant Dictionary. They are all variants to 黃.

Characters in Chinese are progressing. Different fonts and writing ways can also make characters change.

UPDATE:

Another reference Moe Dictionary here. It shows every word's pronouncing and meaning by hovering your cursor on it.

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The display font maybe doesn't have these variant characters. Try using a different font

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  • How do I change the font? Can pictures be posted of the variants instead? Thanks.
    – Jack Maddington
    Commented May 28, 2016 at 19:30

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