This review is first progress for build Variants Han Character table used in “The Annals of the Choson Dynasty(朝鮮王朝實錄)”. “The Annals”, as you know, not is one time or one person write, is using long time and join many people make history book, so in this annals book series as when published holding various character shape.
This time, I focus on find a various character shape in the “The Annals of the Kings Taejo (太祖) volume1, Taejong (太宗) volume1”, and make a result table except the various character shape in the “Comprehensive edition of Korean literary collections(『閒國文集叢刊』)”.
The result is,1. kind of change stroke shape or adding, find ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ 3 shape.
2. kind of remove storke which repeat or fo make simple, find ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ 4shape.
3. kind of change some component shape to similar shape or change to new shape find ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ 7shape.
above 3 kind of shape is can not find any review or Han Character dictionary which China, Japan, and Korea.
“The Annals of the Kings Taejo(太祖) volume1, list of ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ character, we can find top of character ‘艹 change to ’, The Annals of the Taejong(太宗) volume1, list of ’’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ character, we can find under of character ‘貝 change to ’.
Compare with Han Character dictionary published by China, mostly similar shape using old Inscription(碑文), Han Official script(隸書), but 15 character shape is not find and book and dictionary, is unique shape.