異形詞 yì xíng cí

DEFINITIONS

  1. variant spelling of the same Chinese word, e.g. 筆劃|笔划[bi3 hua4] and 筆畫|笔画[bi3 hua4]
  2. exact synonym and homonym written with different characters

CHARACTERS

異 yì different, unusual, strange
形 xíng form, shape, appearance
詞 cí words; phrase, expression