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This ensures effortless reading and distribution without consuming local user-defined font space.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n This method uses six basic half-width operators (*, \/, @, -, +, ?) and two sets of delimiters: () and []. \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\">Symbol<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\">Description<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\">Example<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\">*<\/td>\n<td>Horizontal connection<\/td>\n<td>\u660e\uff1d\u65e5*\u6708<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\">\/<\/td>\n<td>Vertical connection<\/td>\n<td>\u97f3\uff1d\u7acb\/\u65e5<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\">@<\/td>\n<td>Inclusion<\/td>\n<td>\u56e0\uff1d\u56d7@\u5927 or \u9592\uff1d\u9580@\u6708<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>Component removal<\/td>\n<td>\u9752\uff1d\u8acb-\u8a00<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\">-+<\/td>\n<td>Component removal and replacement<\/td>\n<td>\u9592\uff1d\u9593-\u65e5+\u6708<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\">?<\/td>\n<td>Unidentified or unmapped radical<\/td>\n<td>\u80cc\uff1d(?*\u5315)\/\u6708<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\">()<\/td>\n<td>Grouping \/ operational delimiters<\/td>\n<td>\u7e5e\uff1d\u7d44-\u4e14+((\u571f\/(\u571f*\u571f))\/\u5140)<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\">[]<\/td>\n<td>Character boundary delimiters<\/td>\n<td>\u7f85[\u76ee*\u4faf]\u7f85\u6bcd\u8036\u8f38\u9640\u7f85\u6bd4\u4e18\u5c3c<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n Note 1: Full-width Bopomofo, punctuation, and English characters may also be used as components when needed.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n Note 2: Radical components may render differently depending on the font (e.g., KaiTi vs. PMingLiU).\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"image\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbeta.org\/files\/format\/diff-font.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>References (in Chinese):<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n For standardized rare characters in our archive, see &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.cbeta.org\/download\/regular.zip\" target=\"_blank\">Basic Common Glyphs of the Taisho Tripitaka<\/a>&#8221; (MS Word format).\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.cbeta.org\/data\/cbeta\/rare.htm\" target=\"_blank\">CBETA Rare Character Processing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.cbeta.org\/data\/cbeta\/budaword1.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Character Issues and Solutions in Buddhist Canons<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial &amp; Formatting Guidelines Rare Character Assembly Rules Whether using Big5 or Unicode, digitizing Buddhist texts often requires handling characters missing from standard character sets. 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