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Definition
shí:* 十（多用于分数或倍数） ～百（十倍和百）。～一（十分之一）。～袭珍藏（形容极其珍重地收藏物品）。 * 各种的，各样的。 ～锦（各种各样东西凑成的食品）。～物。 * 诗篇。 篇～。雅～。 shén:* 〔～么〕ａ．代词，表示疑问，如"～～人？"ｂ．代词，指不确定的事物，如"没～～问题"（"assorted么"均读轻声）
file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous
Structure
Related substructures
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->
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 ->