万
Definition
wàn:* 数目,十个一千。 ~户侯(中国汉代侯爵的最高一级,享有万户农民的赋税。后泛指高官)。 * 喻极多。 ~物。~方(①指全国和世界各地;②指姿态多种多样)。日理~机。气象~千。 * 极,很,绝对。 ~~。~幸。 * 姓。 mò:* 〔~俟( qí )〕原为中国古代鲜卑族部落名;后为复姓
ten thousand; innumerable
Structure
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 ->
Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
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 ->
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