Unicode: U+4E16

Pinyin: shì

Definition

* 一个时代,有时特指三十年。 ~代( ➊ 很多年代; ➋ 好几辈子)。~纪(指一百年)。流芳百~。 * 一辈一辈相传的。 ~袭。~家( ➊ 封建社会中门第高,世代做官的人家; ➋ 《史记》中诸侯的传记)。 * 人间,以与天上相区别。 ~上。~俗( ➊ 流俗; ➋ 非宗教的)。~故(➊处事待人圆滑,"故"读轻声; ➋ 处世经验)。~态炎凉。 * 自然界和人类社会一切事物的总和;全地球、人间或宇宙;宇宙的一部分。 ~界。举~瞩目。公之于~。 * 姓

generation; world; era

Structure

世 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

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