Unicode: U+4F0D

Pinyin: wǔ

Definition

* 古代军队的编制。 一~(五人)。 * 军队。 入~。落~(掉队)。 * 同伴的人。 羞与为~。 * "五"的大写。 * 姓

five, company of five; troops

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 ->
71_E8A871_E8AA71_E8A9
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_4F0D
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 ->
71_E8A871_E8AA71_E8A992_F66F92_F67092_F67192_F67392_F672

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