Unicode: U+4E3B

Pinyin: zhǔ

Definition

* 权力或财物的所有者,家庭的首脑。 ~人。物~。失~(失掉财物的人)。当家作~。 * 旧时臣子称君王,下级称上级,仆人称家主。 君~。~上。 * 对事物的意见或认为应当如何处理,决定。 ~张。~见。~意。~义。 * 对事物有决定权力。 民~。自~。~持。~宰。~权(一个国家的独立自主的权力)。 * 最重要的,最基本的。 ~次。~要。~力。~将( jiàng )。 * 预示。 早霞~雨。 * 旧时为死人立的牌位。 木~。神~。 * 基督教、伊斯兰教对所信仰的神或本教创始人的称呼。 * 姓

master, chief owner; host; lord

Structure

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Precursors

Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.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