Unicode: U+3B9A

Pinyin: lì

Definition

* 同"栗"。 * 古代金工的一种

(an ancient form of 栗) the chestnut tree, a kind of metalwork in ancient times

Structure

㮚 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.Wikipedia ->
42_F00442_F00542_F00642_F00742_F008
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
52_EEB652_EEB752_EEB856_F0AA56_F0A9
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_681727_E5C4
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
92_EF5C92_EF5992_EF5792_EF5892_EF5A92_EF5B
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 ->
83_E39D83_E39E83_E39F83_E3A083_E3A183_E3A283_E3A383_E3A483_E3A583_E3A683_E39583_E39683_E39883_E39983_E39783_E39A83_E39B83_E39C

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