Unicode: U+3960

Pinyin: xǔ

Definition

* 同"谞"。才智

(same as 諝) intelligence; brilliance, shrewdness; cunning; quick-witted and full of tricks; tricky

Structure

㥠 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_E8F0
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
81_F112

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC