I've just noticed that Kanji 279 "crossing", uh, I've just no idea of how to read it, sorry, has one more stroke in the site than in the book. Which is the right one?
Thanks

edit: I was talking crap before...

辻 this kanji? The one with 2 drops at the top is the new JIS standard form of the kanji. So neither is wrong, it's just that the book is using the previous standard, while your browser font is up to date.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/JIS_X_0213#...9.E6.AD.A3

I see, thanks for the reply.
Anyway, I'm wondering why they added a stroke. I thought the trend was toward sempification...

They didn't add a stroke, it's just a different version that they chose as the standard since these kanji aren't part of the jouyou set that's already standardized. I don't know why they choose the weirder form, though.

Incidentally, you're at least the seventh person to start a thread about this very question about this very character. I'd suggest using the search feature in the future:

http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=5996
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=4424
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=2965
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=16
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=2053
http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=1583

Wow, I hadn't realized that this is asked so often. Occasionally you'll see someone wondering about an extra drop in 者 characters.

Perhaps we should make a "FAQ about Kanji Variants" sticky or something