Unicode: U+4DAC

Pinyin: jiān

Definition

* 龙(背)脊上的耆

hard fins on the back of a dragon

Structure

䶬 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 ->
43_EB57
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_E9D2

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