Same parts, different arrangement

KanjiVG keeps two structures in one file, as Strokes sets out. Nested groups are the hierarchical containment of components. The -sN order on each path is how those strokes are realized, and that order is part of the form. Components are the arguments of the composition. Valence is how many slots the frame opens — the arity — and not the stroke count (Valence atlas). Below, the multiset of top-level arguments is held still. What changes is where each argument sits, and therefore which argument contains stroke 1, and whether that slot is written first, last, or split.

Name

The name of a top-level slot. When the groups of the slot record exactly one kvg:original, that is the name. Otherwise the name is kvg:element. The drawn element is kept in the caption when it differs. A slot with no name keeps the character out of these sets.

Multiset

The names of the top-level slots, counted without regard to order. Two of the same name count twice. The join of a kvg:part split is the one used on the valence atlas and on radical positions.

Arrangement

The slots in document order, each with its name, its kvg:position, and the timing class of its strokes. An empty position means the attribute is absent. Two characters differ in arrangement when this record is not the same.

First, last, split

First: one unbroken run starting at stroke 1, with some other stroke still to come. Last: one unbroken run ending on stroke N, with some other stroke already written. Split: two or more runs, with other strokes in a gap. When a split also contains stroke 1 and stroke N, the slot encloses what is written between. Mid: one unbroken run that is neither the start nor the end.

The same top-level names, in a different arrangement, are not the same stroke sequence. Which component contains stroke 1, and whether a slot is first, last, or split, is what the files record for that arrangement.

Each plate draws itself in writing order. Cinnabar marks the one shared component named in the caption. Click a plate to replay. With reduced motion the finished character stays still, and the highlight stays.

• Shared component

On this page

• Counted over the jōyō list
• Left–right beside top–bottom
• No position, and the parts exchange order
• Top–bottom beside no position
• Top–bottom beside no position, order exchanged
• Left–right beside no position
• One multiset, more than one relation
• Every set

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