异体

異體
yìtǐ
noun #56,029

Meanings

  1. 1 variant form (of a Chinese character)
  2. 2 allogeneic; from another person (of transplanted tissue)

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè liǎng ge zì dúyīn hé yìsi dōu yíyàng, yí ge shì lìng yí ge de yìtǐ.
These two characters have the same sound and meaning; one is a variant form of the other.
HSK 7-9
Yìtǐ qìguān yízhí hòu, bìngrén yào chángqī fúyòng kàng páichì yàowù.
After an allogeneic organ transplant, the patient has to take anti-rejection drugs for a long time.

Tips

usage
Most often met in 异体字, a variant character: same sound and meaning as the standard form but a different shape, like 峯 for 峰. In medicine it means tissue from another person, as in 异体移植, an allotransplant; the opposite is 自体, from one's own body.

Stroke Order

异 yì
体 tǐ